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Nude male, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Nude male, three-quarter view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Nude Male
- Date
- Hellenistic?, Hellenistic or Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx60.003
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Funerary Relief, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- Findspot unknown.
- Description
The nude male figure carries a cloth draped over his l. shoulder. His l. arm is bent at the elbow, comes forward, and grasps the heavy drapery which falls in broad folds from his shoulder. A trace of the drapery, or possibly of the r. arm, survives at his r. side. The weight was on his r. leg, and he has a slight Polykleitan curve to his body. The figure is in very high relief.
The general workmanship and especially the modeling of the torso are very fine. There is deep drilling of the drapery on his l. side, but any evidence of drilling on the front of the drapery or the body has been eliminated. The type shows a heroic nude, a casual pose known from the Hellenistic period.
- Condition
White marble.
Lower neck to upper r. leg. Background preserved by his l. arm and beside body at r. Surface chipped, particularly r. chest, hand, and drapery. Some new scratches (from pick?).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.55; H. of figure 0.47; W. 0.40. Total Th. 0.24; Th. of background 0.09, of relief 0.15.
- Comments
- Cf. Fırathı, Stéles, 90, no. 117, pl. XXXIII.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR