Lot Essay
Cf. M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 99, no. 153 for similar.
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., A ROMAN COPY AFTER A GREEK ORIGINAL OF CIRCA 440 B.C.
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A Roman marble statue of an athlete of Polykleitan type
Circa 2nd Century A.D., a Roman copy after a Greek original of circa 440 B.C.
The naked youth standing with weight on his right leg, the left knee flexed, with softly modelled torso and sensuously curved back, some pitting with surface cleaned and polished, breaks at upper arms and below knees, mounted
Statue 43 in. (109 cm.) high, mount 35 in. (89 cm. high)
Circa 2nd Century A.D., a Roman copy after a Greek original of circa 440 B.C.
The naked youth standing with weight on his right leg, the left knee flexed, with softly modelled torso and sensuously curved back, some pitting with surface cleaned and polished, breaks at upper arms and below knees, mounted
Statue 43 in. (109 cm.) high, mount 35 in. (89 cm. high)