6th-century BC Greek sculptures

Moschophoros (Greek: μοσχοφόρος "calf-bearer") is an ancient Greek statue of the Archaic period, also known in English as The Calf Bearer. It was excavated in fragments in the Perserschutt on the Acropolis of Athens in 1864. The statue, dated and estimated to have originally measured 1.65 meters (5.4 ft) in height, is now in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece. ==Description== The Moschophoros stands with his left foot a little forward, like a kouros. He has a thick beard, a symbol of adulthood. He wears a thin cloak. The sculpture's nudity is the main aspect of the art as it adhered t

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ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens

a marble kouros from Anavyssos (Ανάβυσσος) in Attica which functioned as a grave marker for a fallen young warrior named Kroisos

grave statue of a youth from Tenea

ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens

sculpture by Aristion von Paros

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ancient sculpture by Antenor from the Acropolis of Athens

attic statue

Antique stele found in Attica, Greece

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ancient Greek statue in the Getty Villa with disputed authenticity

ancient archaic Greek statue, today owned by the Antikensammlung Berlin (Sk 1800)

sculpture series from the Acropolis of Athens

ancient Greek sculpture

ancient sculpture in Acropolis of Athens

late Archaic Greek marble sculpture

archaic statue in Greece