Garment folds from a Kore statue

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Provision of image

Inventory number

Ακρ. 337

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Sculpture

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 500 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.41 m
Length: 0.13 m

Material

Marble from Paros

Location

First Floor Case 12, Νο 5

Description
Bibliography

Part of the garment worn by a Kore statue found on the Acropolis. It preserves the vertical folds of a himation the hem of which is ornamented with a painted band formed by rhomboids and triangles. The colours used were red and possibly green, both oxidized today.

Langlotz, E., Schuchhardt, W., Schrader, H., Die archaischen Marmorbildwerke der Akropolis, Frankfurt am Main, 1939, σελ. 155, εικ. 126, αρ. κατ. 178
Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 111, εικ. 206