The head and body of this sixth century BCE statue of a youth were recently reunited after being exhibited in separate museums about forty miles apart for more than a century. Both parts came from the ancient city of Leontinoi in Sicily. The head was found in the 18th century and the body was discovered in 1904. The relationship between the two was first suggested in 1925, but it wasn’t until 2018 that more advanced scientific analysis confirmed that they were carved from the same block of marble from the Greek island of Paros.
Museo Civico al Castello Ursino - Catania, Sicily
Photos by Charles Reeza
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Tom of Finland for Physique Pictorial
Vol. 10, No. 4 ─ April 1961
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