Head of a Kore statuette

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 639

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Sculpture

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 520 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.095 m

Material

Marble

Location

First Floor Case 11, Νο 2

Description
Bibliography

Head of a Kore statuette found on the Acropolis. It preserves small part of the figure’s neck. The facial characteristics are typical of the Archaic art: big almond-shaped eyes, thin brows and the typical smile of the time, the “Archaic smile”.

The back of the head is roughly worked without any rendered details. The red colour of the curly hair must have been the undercoat over which the final hue was applied. The Kore has a tall stephane on the head that was once decorated with paint and round earrings.

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Casson, S., «The New Athenian Statue Bases», Journal of Hellenic Studies 45, 1925, σελ. 175, 177
Langlotz, E., Schuchhardt, W., Schrader, H., Die archaischen Marmorbildwerke der Akropolis, Frankfurt am Main, 1939, σελ. 130, εικ. 102, αρ. κατ. 94
Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 117, εικ. 214
Payne, H., Young, G.R., Αρχαϊκή μαρμάρινη πλαστική από την Ακρόπολη. Φωτογραφικός Κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1997, σελ. 97, εικ. 91.1-3
Καρακάση, Κ., Αρχαϊκές Κόρες, Αθήνα, 2017, σελ. 197-200, 204-205, εικ. 158 (639)