Marble statue of a nude youth, from the Antikythera shipwreck
Late Hellenistic period, about 100 BC.
Statue of a nude youth, made of parian marble It was found on the Antikythera shipwreck. The figure has his legs wide apart, his arms raised and his head turned to his left. He was an probably archer, represented at the moment of aiming at his enemy.
Height 1,25 m.