Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Discobolus (Discus Thrower)

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Discobolus (Discus Thrower)
Alternate Title: 
Discobolus Palombara
Image View: 
Detail, hand holding the discus from side left
Creator: 
after Myron (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 450 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 126371
Location Note: 
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
GPS: 
+41.901359+12.498249
Date: 
Greek original, ca. 450 BCE (creation); Roman copy, ca. 1st century CE (other)
Cultural Context: 
Roman (ancient)
Style Period: 
Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
parian marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
124 cm (height)
Subjects: 
human figure; athletes; athletics; Antonine
Description: 
The Discobolus of Myron is a Greek sculpture completed toward the end of the Severe period, circa 460-450 BCE. The original Greek bronze is lost but the work is known through numerous Roman copies. This is the Discobolus Palombara (or Lancellotti), the first Roman copy to be found, in 1781. It is a 1st century CE copy of Myron's original bronze. Following its discovery at a Roman property of the Massimo family, the Villa Palombara on the Esquiline Hill, the Italian archaeologist Giovanni Battista Visconti identified the sculpture as a copy from the original of Myron. It was instantly famous, though the Massimo jealously guarded access to it, first at their Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne and then at Palazzo Lancellotti. It was purchased by Adolf Hitler in 1938 and returned in 1948 where it is once again at the Palazzo Massimo. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-PM-DT-A27
Rights: 
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