Artemision Bronze
Mediterranean · 460–450 BCE
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Ancient · № 003
Discobolus
Myron · 460–450 BCE
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Discobolus
The SMK record identifies this version as the Discobolus type with a modern restored head.
- Maker
- Myron
- Date
- 460–450 BCE
- Place
- Mediterranean
- Material
- Bronze (lost original)
- Dimensions
- H 170 cm × W 115 cm × D 50 cm
- Current collection
- Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums
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The original bronze is lost; this version preserves the spiral composition from the trailing toes through the twisted torso to the raised disc. The head is a modern restoration, which affects how the figure is read in the round.
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- Maker
- Myron
- Date
- 460–450 BCE
- Place
- Mediterranean
- Material
- Bronze (lost original)
- Dimensions
- H 170 cm × W 115 cm × D 50 cm
- Current collection
- Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums
- Source
- SMK Open ↗
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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