id: 130360 accession number: 1953.125 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.125 updated: 2019-11-18 10:35:58.807000 Torso of a Kouros, 575–550 BC. Greece, Archaic period, 6th century BC. Marble; overall: 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1953.125 title: Torso of a Kouros title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 575–550 BC creation date earliest: 575 creation date latest: 550 current location: 102C Greek creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund copyright: --- culture: Greece, Archaic period, 6th century BC technique: marble department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Greek type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00 In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 4-April 7, 1958). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 24-November 16, 1975). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1953- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Known as a kouros, the ancient Greek word for a youth, this fragmentary statue belongs to a relatively rare type of large-scale stone sculpture made for little more than a century—shortly before 600 BC to soon after 500 BC. A nude youth standing with arms to the sides and one foot slightly advanced, the type probably originated under Egyptian influence, but then developed along entirely Greek lines. Found in sanctuaries as well as cemeteries across the ancient Greek world, kouroi may represent gods—especially Apollo—as well as mortals. Although incomplete, this kourosretains much of its beautifully finished and patterned surface. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS John F. Kenfield, III. 1974. "The Question of the Cleveland Kouros," American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 78.1. page number: pp. 70-71, pl. 21. url: Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo. The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1977. page number: pp. 36, 81; pl. 3-4. url: Cahn, H.A. 1958-59. "Der Kuros von Cleveland," Antike Kunst vol. 1-2. page number: pp. 75-76, pl. 32-33. url: "Greek Youth in Cleveland," Archaeology, vol. 7.4 (1954). page number: p. 252 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 11 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n18 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 20 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n44 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 20 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n42 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 22 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n42 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 9 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n24 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.125/1953.125_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.125/1953.125_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.125/1953.125_full.tif