File:Roman - Torso of the Diadoumenos - Walters 23224.jpg

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Torso of the Diadoumenos   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Roman artist)Unknown author Copy after Polykleitos (Greek, active 460-415 BC)
Title	Torso of the Diadoumenos
Description	English: This powerful torso was part of a copy of the "Diadoumenos," a Greek statue by the famous master sculptor Polykleitos that has not survived. The original depicted a youthful nude athlete with both arms raised to tie a ribbon, the prize of athletic victory, around his head. The statue was much admired for the skillful representation of the musculature of the chest and the naturalistic and supple pose.
Date	Original: ca. 430 BC; Roman copy: 1st century BC-AD 4th century (Classical-Roman)
Medium	marble medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions	height: 92.4 cm (36.3 in); width: 49.8 cm (19.6 in); depth: 34.6 cm (13.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,92.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,49.8U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,34.6U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	23.224
Place of creation	Mediterranean
Object history	Villa Borghese (?) Stefano Bardini, Florence, before 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown] Bardini Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 1918, no. 427 William Boyce Thompson, Yonkers, 1918, by purchase Elizabeth Seton College, Yonkers, 1945, by bequest Mr. and Mrs. James E. LePere, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase Walters Art Museum, 1968, by purchase.
Exhibition history	In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978. A Renaissance Puzzle: Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993. Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011.
Credit line	Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1968
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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