didoofcarthage: “The Calf-Bearer and the Kritios Boy Shortly After Exhumation on the Acropoli

didoofcarthage:

“The Calf-Bearer and the Kritios Boy Shortly After Exhumation on the Acropolis”

c. 1865

albumen silver print from glass negative

Gilman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art

The statue depicted here is known as the Moschophoros, or Calf-bearer. It dates to the high archaic period in Greek history, and more specifically has a date range of 570 - 560 BC.

 – Really cool to see a picture from when it was first found!