CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE MALE TORSO
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Perhaps an athlete, with a slight twist to his shoulders, accentuating the powerfully modelled body, the broad back with deep spinal groove, full buttocks, with front pectoral, stomach muscles and ribs indicated
28 in. (71 cm.) high

Provenance

with Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1989.
Private collection, Switzerland.
The Stanford Place Collection of Antiquities, Christie's, London, 26 April 2006, lot 27.

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Lot Essay

This athletic type parallels the tradition of the sculptor Polykleitos who, during this period in the 5th Century B.C., created a number of statues of athletes now known to us through Roman copies. These sculptures embodied Polykleitos' ideal of physical perfection.

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