Head of the Doryphorus
23 cm 27.5 cm 24 cm
Citation Source imagePolyclitus of Argos attempted to depict the High Classical ideal of human form in his famous "Doryphorus" (Spear-bearer) statue. In his treatise, entitled "Canon," he wrote of achieving this ideal through perfect balance and proportion among the parts of the body. The statue m...
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Villa Borghese (?); Stefano Bardini, Florence, before 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Bardini Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 1918; William Boyce Thompson, Yonkers, 1918, by purchase; Elizabeth Seton College, Yonkers, [date of acquisition unknown] by bequest; Mr. and Mrs. James E. LePere, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1968, by gift.
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