Applique with a Nude Swordsman in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Title: Openwork Relief Appliqué of a Bearded Male

Artist/Maker: Unknown

Culture: Greek (Laconian)

Place: Lakonia, Greece (Place created)

Date: 550–525 B.C.

Medium: Bronze

Object Number: 96.AC.46

Dimensions: 12.5 × 6.5 × 10 cm (4 15/16 × 2 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Alternate Titles: Relief Appliqué with a Bearded Hero or Warrior (Display Title)

Object Type: Relief

The tall nude male strides to the right, drawing his sword from his scabbard as he moves. His head and legs are in profile, while his torso is turned toward the viewer. His hair, combed behind the ear, hangs over his right breast in four coils. Though bearded, he has no mustache. At his feet is preserved the right foot and shin of another figure, who was also facing right, either falling or collapsed on the ground. The relief is slightly hollowed out on the back, and was made to be fastened to a flat surface by means of rivets, the holes for which are clearly visible in the thigh of the standing figure and the preserved left end of the base.

Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/29624/unknown-maker-openwork-relief-applique-of-a-bearded-male-greek-laconian-550-525-bc