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Torso of a youth

Museum August Kestner Ancient Cultures Collection Erhart Kästner [1966.49]
Jünglingstorso (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Museum August Kestner / Christian Tepper (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Description

Slender, youthful body; preserved from hips to thighs. Body weight rests on the right leg; the left was clearly set forward and somewhat to the side, so that the left hip is lower than the right, of the gluteae the right is tense, the left lowered. Reduced copy of a Greek work of the 4th century BC.

Former collection Erhart Kästner, Wolfenbüttel

Material/Technique

Marmor

Measurements

Höhe: 12,5 cm

Literature

  • Schepers, Wolfgang (Hrsg.) (2013): Bürgerschätze. Sammeln für Hannover - 125 Jahre Museum August Kestner. Hannover, 151 Nr. XI.15
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