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Date : between 41 and 54
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1907)
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Greek Antiquities
Sculpture
Area related
Greece
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Copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 450 B.C. This head is associated with the statue of a nude athlete who probably held a diskos. The famous Greek sculptor Polykleitos sought rigorous, mathematically based proportions in his figures. "Perfection comes about little through many number", he reported to have stated. His attention to the smallest details can be seen in the precise design of each lock on his head.
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