Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 176 | |
Title: | CAPTIVES' FAÇADE: COLOSSAL FIGURE OF MAN STANDING (JOINS WITH S-178, S-178A, S-184, S-328) | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 176 | |
Related Objects: | S-176A, S-175, S-189, S-328, S-178A | |
Description: | Colossal figure of man standing with weight on right leg, left bent but foot forward, arms crossed across chest. Head turned to proper right. Hair shoulder length and curly, squarish face with heavy chin. Wears Phrygian cap, thin tunic and trousers - apparent on arms and legs -, overwich a heavy cloak belted to form a large overfold, and ending at knees. Stands with back against a pillar crowned with a Corinthian capital. | |
Material: | Fine white marble | |
Condition: | Two frgts., preserving part of colossal statue. | |
Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | According to Corinth 20 p. 354 | |
Findspot Description: | April 12, 1900. From limestone bases S.W. of W. end of Propylaea. Cf. Richardson in AJA VI (1902) p. 7ff, fig. 1, pl. I. | |
Bibliography: | Corinth 20, 2003; Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 217; Scranton 1941, Corinth 1.2, cat. 24; Classical Influences in Modern Life (Schools of Classical Studies), 1906, p. 25; de Waele, Corinthe, p. 79, right | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Images (9) Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37) Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 28 (pp. 4 - 47) Notebook Page: NB 14, spread 10 (p. 13) |