Marble torso of a youth

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

Copy or adaptation of a Greek statue of the 4th century B.C.

The sinuous leaning pose of this youth brings to mind a famous statue of Pothos, the personification of erotic longing, that was much copied in the Roman period.

Marble torso of a youth, Marble, Roman

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