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Upper body of a youth in a long garment
The head illustrates, in almost exaggerated fashion, the so-called Daidalic style of the second half of the seventh century B.C. It is characterized by the stepped treatment of the hair and the large eye(s).
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Title: Fragment of a terracotta plaque
Period: Archaic
Date: 7th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Cretan
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 3 in. x 1 5/8 in. (7.6 cm x 4.1 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of the Archaeological Institute of America, 1953
Accession Number: 53.5.15
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