Bronze statue of an aristocratic boy

A standing bronze statue of a youth with short curled hair, bare-chested, his right hand raised near his chest and a cloth draped over his left arm and hip. The dark green patina and smooth modeling of the torso suggest a classical cast figure, shown against a plain black background.

Look closer: The cloth draped over the left arm falls in long folds to the base, and the figure stands on a dark green stone plinth.

Artist

Unknown

Date

27 BCE–14 CE

Medium

Bronze

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2911 × 3880 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1914