Statuette of a Nude Youth
325–300 B.C.
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 19.7 × 8.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192839
This votive bronze statuette of a nude youth, perhaps an athlete, may have held an object in his left hand, while the right rests on his hip. He stands in a contrapposto pose with the weight on his left leg, and the advanced right leg flexed. His striated hair is treated in a summary manner, combed back from the forehead and temple, and upward at the nape, apparently rolled around an invisible band in the back. Written on the side of the chest is a dedicatory inscription in Etruscan: "ECN:TURCE:AVLE:HAVRNAS:TUTHINA:APANA:SELVANS[:]TULARIAS". Translation: "Avle Havrnas gave this [for or in the] tuthina (probably referring to a rural district or village) of the father to Selvans of the boundaries." The name Havrnas is attested in the region of Bolsena.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- 325–300 B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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