1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D., A ROMAN COPY AFTER THE DISKOPHOROS ATTRIBUTED TO NAUKYDES, A GREEK ORIGINAL OF CIRCA 400 B.C.

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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A YOUNG MAN
1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D., A ROMAN COPY AFTER THE DISKOPHOROS ATTRIBUTED TO NAUKYDES, A GREEK ORIGINAL OF CIRCA 400 B.C.
Naked, standing with weight on left leg, the right leg bent forward, both arms held downwards, with sensitively carved musculature of the body, repair at left knee, mounted
18¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in an English private collection.

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Lot Essay

This youthful torso may be compared to the "Westmacott Boy" in the British Museum which is based on a Greek original of circa 450-420 B.C. A closer parallel for the pose, however, is the circa 400 B.C. Diskophoros attributed to Naukydes of Argos, brother of Polykleitos or his later namesake; in this statue the left hand is held down by the side of the athlete holding the discus, the right hand held slightly away from the body with the head looking down towards his right, a pose in readiness for throwing the discus. Cf. A. Stewart, Greek Sculpture, I-II, Yale University, 1990, pl. 386 for the "Westmacott Boy" (British Museum 1754) and p. 168. pl. 442 for a Roman copy of the Naukydes Diskophoros (Musée de Louvre, Paris, MA 89).

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