Torso of a Man with Chlamys
Artist
Unknown
CultureRoman (Hierapetra, Crete)
Dateca. 100 C.E.
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 27 1/8 in. (68.9 cm)
Base: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Base: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. Eugene F. Poutasse
Object number77.388
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 108
Label TextTorso of a Man Roman (Hierapetra, Crete), ca. 100 C.E. Marble Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Dr. Eugene F. Poutasse 77.388 Even without its head, legs, and arm, this muscled torso seems to lunge forward and twist. Sculptors from the Hellenistic Period (about 323–146 B.C.E.) used expressive gestures to give physical form to interior emotions. Their attention to individualized features and heightened feelings especially appealed to the Romans, who made this copy after a Greek original. Published References_Arts in Virginia_ 22, 1, 1982, pg. 19, ill. Type of Rienach, _Repertoire de la Sculpture Grecque et Romaine_, I, pg. 368, 7; II, pg. 790, 8--repeated III, 44,2--IV, 83,7; VI, 30, 7, a small bronze. José Dörig, "Un Torse en Marbre d'Hierapetra Redécouvert à Norfolk, Virginia," _Antike Plastik_ 23 (1970s, date unknown), 57-58. **Translation and original article in library and registration files.**
