[AnAmericanMother]

This is not news -- my Classical Archaeology prof told me this in 1974.

Here's how they looked painted:

The Peplos Kore' - a plaster cast painted with the original colors (which are still faintly visible on the original

[Sam Cree]

Thanks, that's fascinating. I'd heard somewhere along the line that some of the old statuary was painted, but have never seen a representation of it, or even much discussion of it. Thanks for the image.

I suppose that this practice of painting the figures did not extend to the so called "classical" days of Greek sculpture, Polykleitos, etc.?