Live Auction 1113The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A LIFESIZE ITALIAN MARBLE GROUP OF THE DISCUS-THROWER, ON PEDESTAL
Lot 189

A LIFESIZE ITALIAN MARBLE GROUP OF THE DISCUS-THROWER, ON PEDESTAL

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed14 March 2013

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GBP 49,875

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A LIFESIZE ITALIAN MARBLE GROUP OF THE DISCUS-THROWER, ON PEDESTAL
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Unsigned, on a yellow and grey-white mottled marble pedestal
The figure: 63½ in. (161 cm.) high
The pedestal: 42½ in. (108 cm.) high; 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) diameter (2)

Specialist note

'The Discus-thrower' (discobolus) represents the athletic ideal, and is one of the most well-known images from the ancient world. It is a copy of a lost bronze original of the fifth century BC attributed to the sculptor Myron (fl. circa 470-440 BC). A Roman copy from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli is in the collection of the British Musuem (GR 1805.7-3.43).