Inventory number
Ακρ. 594
Artist
Attic workshop
Category
Sculpture
Period
Archaic Period
Date
Around 500 BC
Dimensions
Height: 1.23 m
Material
Marble from Paros
Location
Archaic Acropolis Gallery
The Kore was found east of the Erechtheion in 1887. The head and parts of the limbs are missing.
She is dressed in three successive garments: underneath a long chiton with sleeves, over this a short himation which passes obliquely under her left arm while secured on the right with small relief buttons, and over the himation an epiblema which falls symmetrically over the right arm. Her garments are richly decorated with painted rosettes, meanders, spirals, bands with crosses, abacus motif, lines and other ornaments patterns. The original red, light blue and green hues today have oxidized.
The Kore in her right hand, which was made separately, would have probably held an offering to the goddess while with her left she was likely pulling aside her chiton to facilitate her step. Her hair is falling on her back in smooth waves and her face is framed by four locks on each side that spill to the front and cover her breasts. The holes that can be seen on her bosom were used for the attachment of individually carved locks of hair. The hair’s reddish colour most likely constitutes the undercoat over which the final hue was applied.
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