Curator Joan Mertens on a marble statue of a youth.
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What's so significant about the nudity in this early Greek sculpture?
"His power resides in his beautiful body and the steadfast gaze."
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Photography by Eileen Travell
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Greek, Attic
ca. 590–580 BCE