Inventory number
Ακρ. 684
Artist
Attic workshop
Category
Sculpture
Period
Archaic Period
Date
490-480 BC
Dimensions
Height: 1.19 m
Material
Marble from Paros
Location
Archaic Acropolis Gallery
The Kore has survived in fragments, the biggest one of which was found east of the Parthenon in 1882-1883.
She is dressed in layers with three different garments once decorated with painted motifs. Underneath she wears a long chiton and over this a short himation which passes obliquely under her left arm while secured on the right with small inserted buttons. The outfit is completed by an epiblema which falls over her shoulders and back, and folds over her right hand, which was made from a separate piece of marble. In this same hand the Kore would have held an offering to the goddess, while with the other she would have pulled her chiton aside to facilitate her step, as the direction of the folds on the lower part of the chiton suggest.
Her hairdo is the typical of the archaic Korai with her hair falling heavily on her back and three long curls framing each side of her face and spilling over her breasts. Traces of dark brown and red colour are preserved on her hair. Black paint was used to accentuate her eyebrows, the contour of the eyes and her pupils, and red was used for her irises. On her head the Kore wears a stephane decorated with palmettes, spirals and lotus flowers. Her ears feature circular earrings with painted rosettes and her wrist is decorated by a relief bracelet.
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