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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek (original)
Title:Cast of Diskobolos
Date Made:ca. 1900 CE
Type:Cast
Materials:Plaster
Place Made:Europe; Greece
Measurements:overall: 68 x 44 x 20 in.; 172.72 x 111.76 x 50.8 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1908.103.B.OIII
Credit Line:Gift of the Class of 1893
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
ca. late 19th or early 20th century plaster cast of a bronze original dating to the Classical Period, ca. 450 BCE. This sculpture, attributed to Myron, is a type known as the Discobolus or discus thrower. The cast is a composite of a head based upon the Roman copy of the Greek bronze located at the Palazzo Lancelotti in Rome, Italy and a body based upon the Roman copy of the Greek bronze located at the Vatican Museum.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; reproductions

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