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Date : between the Ist and the IInd century
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson (1903)
| Youth tying a fillet around his head
Item 9 on 23
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture
Area related
Greece
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Copy of a Greek statue of ca. 430 B.C. The statue of the Diadoumenos by Polykleitos was extremely popular during the Roman period. Its beauty and fame are mentioned three times in ancient literature, and over twenty-five full-size copies are known. This copy was owned by the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani of Rome, who, during the first third of the sevententh century, formed one of the earliest European collections of ancient art. Scholars had not yet identified this statue type as the Polykleitan Diadoumenos and an incorrect head and arms were added to complete the figure. These have since been removed.
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