| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Kore from Eleusis |
| Context: | From Eleusis |
| Findspot: | Found at Eleusis (torso in 1883, head in 1888) |
| Summary: | Standing female figure |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kore |
| Category: | Single sculpture? |
| Style: | Late Archaic |
| Technique: | In-the-round |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 490 BC - ca. 480 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.69 m |
| Scale: | Under life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Archaic |
Subject Description: A standing female figure with her left leg advanced, right forearm extended, and left hand holding some of her skirt. She wears an Ionic himation draped diagonally over the right shoulder, over a crinkly chiton. Her wavy hair falls down her back, where it ends in a straight line of comma shaped locks. Over the forehead the locks end in spirals, and delicate corkscrews curve down over the temples.
Condition: Fragmentary
Condition Description: This statue is comprised of three pieces, rejoined; most of both arms are missing, below the shoulders), and the lower legs are mostly missing. Some red pigment remains on the hair. The surface is stained dark, with some whitish-gray adhesions.
Material Description: Perhaps Pentelic
Technique Description: Two holes in each ear were attachment points for metal earrings. More attachment holes behind the ears indicate that a stephane, or crown, perhaps made of metal might have been worn over the sculpted stephane.
Sources Used:
Other Bibliography: ArchEph 1884, col. 182