ART ROMAIN, IER - IIEME SIECLE APRES J.C.

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TORSE D'ATHLETE EN MARBRE
ART ROMAIN, IER - IIEME SIECLE APRES J.C.
Représentant la silhouette élancée d'un jeune athlète, à l'origine le poids du corps reposant sur la jambe droite, la jambe gauche légèrement en arrière, le bras gauche abaissé le long du corps, le bras droit s'élançant vers l'avant
Hauteur : 43.21 cm. (17 in.)

Provenance

Acquis entre 1970 et 1980

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A ROMAN MARBLE MALE TORSO
CIRCA 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The youthful slender figure originally standing with his weight on his right leg, the left slightly pulled back, the left arm lowered and held close to the body, the right arm projecting outward

The style of this torso is traditionally associated with the work of the Greek sculptor Polykleitos, and closely relates to the so-called Dresden Youth. See, for example the marble torso in Bern, no. 118 in Beck, Bol and Bückling, Polyklet, Der Bildhauer der griecheschen Klassik

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Lot Essay

Ce torse est d'un style habituellement associé à l'oeuvre du sculpteur grec Polyclète, et se rapproche de l'éphèbe de Dresde. Pour exemple, voir le torse en marbre de Berne, Beck, Bol et Bückling, Polyklet, Der Bildhauer der griechischen Klassik, no. 118.

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