| Collection: | Paris, Musée du Louvre |
| Title: | Bronze statuette of a suppliant |
| Findspot: | Said to be found at Phocis |
| Summary: | A nude youth |
| Object Function: | Votive? |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Early Classical |
| Technique: | Solid cast |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 480 BC - ca. 470 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.264 m |
| Scale: | Miniature |
| Region: | Phocis |
| Period: | Early Classical |
Subject Description: A nude youth stands with his weight on his rigth leg, and his left leg slightly advaned. He holds his bent left arm at his side, and stretches his right arm out, with palm facing up. This may be a votive or devotional gesture, so that the youth may be interpreted as a suppliant. His short, straight hair is arranged in a row of vertical strands across his forehead, bound with a narrow taenia, or headband.
Form & Style: Pasquier identifies the style of this work as Sicyonian.
Condition: Intact
Condition Description: Missing some fo the ends of the fingers of the right hand, and the entire left hand.
Collection History: Acquired by the Louvre in 1937, a David-Weill gift.
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