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This marble kouros (youth) statue marked the grave of an Athenian aristocrat. The statue's rigid stance, formal pose, and geometric forms are based on a formula used by Greek sculptors throughout the sixth century B.C.

Statue of a kouros (youth), ca. 590–580 B.C.; Archaic Greek, Attic Naxian marble; H. without plinth 76 in. (193.04 cm)

Fletcher Fund, 1932 (32.11.1)
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