Cast Gallery catalogue number: H001
Kouros head.
- Plaster cast: Height: 49 cm.
- Copy of a marble head from a statue.
- The statue:
- was made in about 550-540 BC.
- was probably found at the Temple of Hera on Samos in 1914..
- is now in Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 530.
Detailed Record
Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum
H 001
Head of Colossal Kouros from Samos. Istanbul
Marble
Statue
Head 49 cm, Preserved Body 1.80 m
The body to which the head the joins was found in the Temple of Hera (Heraion) at Samos. Consequently, the undocumented head must have also been found at the Heraion in Samos.
Turkey, Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 530
Bibliography:F. Eckstein,
"Archaischer Junglingskopf in Istanbul" (AntPl 1 1962) pp.47-57 pls.45-54
publishes the fact that the head joins fragments from Heraion at SamosG.M.A. Richter,
Kouroi: Archaic Greek Youths (London 1970) p.110 no.127 figs.369-370 (head), p.156 no.127a (head and body) figs.632-634
B. Freyer-Schauenberg,
Samos XI: Bildwerke der archaischen Zeit und das Strengen Stils (Bonn 1974) pp.88-93 no.47 A/B pls.30 (statue|) 31 (fragments), 32-33 (head)
catalogue entry, dates to 550-540 BC
