"Terracotta Head Of A Dying Warrior, Aegina Pediments, 20th Century, Italy"
Terracotta head of the dying warrior, pediments from Aegina, 20th centuryItalyDimensions: Height 56 cmWidth 25 cmLength 33 cmWeight 8 kgHistorical period: between 500 and 480 BCMaterial: terracotta, Impruneta (Florence)The pediments from Aegina are two sculptural groups that decorated the temple of Aphaea, on the island of Aegina, in Attica. Made of Parian marble, they are among the masterpieces of archaic Greek sculpture, away from the austere style, and are both preserved in the Munich Glyptothek.The dying warrior is the most interesting subject.