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LOT 0387
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
DISKOBOLOS OF MYRON STATUE
19TH CENTURY A.D.
25 5/8 in. (27 kg, 65 cm high).
19TH CENTURY A.D.
25 5/8 in. (27 kg, 65 cm high).
A copper-alloy copy of the original Greek bronze Diskobolos of Myron, portraying a youthful nude male athlete poised to spin to release his discus; naturalistically modelled; on a tiered octagonal stone display base.
PROVENANCE:
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
with Hampel Fine Art Auctions GmbH & Co KG, Munich, Germany, 12 December 2014, lot 1912.
FOOTNOTES:
The original Greek bronze (now lost) dated to circa 460–450 B.C., but the work is known through numerous Roman copies in marble.
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AUCTIONS:
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