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Source Description
This doubleen depicts on the front a Discobolos. Moving right, he looks back to the left at the discus in his right hand. His left hand is raised above his wreathed head, and he supports himself on his right foot. His left foot is raised off the round, indicating that the throw is in progress.On the back is a mantled youth standing left. Wreathed, he extends his right hand; the thumb and index and middle fingers are extended, the other two are folded under.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37705
label
Doubleen with a Discobolos
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
37705
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Doubleen with a Discobolos
description
This doubleen depicts on the front a Discobolos. Moving right, he looks back to the left at the discus in his right hand. His left hand is raised above his wreathed head, and he supports himself on his right foot. His left foot is raised off the round, indicating that the throw is in progress.On the back is a mantled youth standing left. Wreathed, he extends his right hand; the thumb and index and middle fingers are extended, the other two are folded under.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [1897 cat. no. 213]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 490-480 BCE (Late Archaic-earlyClassical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
amphorae (storage vessels)
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30.2
height
17.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/8 x Max. Diam: 6 13/16 in. (30.2 x 17.3 cm); Diam at rim: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Diam at foot: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Attic
med
terracotta; red figure
creator_ids
5554
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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8802fe2355346189
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photo
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no
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photo
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photo
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no