Doryphoros (Roman Copy), fragments
- Title:
- Doryphoros (Roman Copy), fragments
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Polykleitos
- Date:
- ca. 440 BCE
2008 (image)
- Location:
- Warehouse (exhibited temporarily at Weinhold Chilled Water Plant, Nov. 2014-June 2015)
- ID Number:
- CCC_0163
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 106
213 x ( in blue pen on upper rim of neck and on sides of arms) 213 0 on head
..(D)oryphor(os) (in pencil, on neck and other parts at the joins)
163 - File Name:
- CCC_0163.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 212 (H) cm
- Culture:
- Classical Greek
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster
Marble (original) - Subject:
- Spear-bearer
- Measurement:
- right arm: 38 (centimeters, length)
left arm: 35 (centimeters, diagonal)
torso: 58 (at shoulders) x 54 (centimeters, width x height)
head: 29 (centimeters, height) - Description:
- Head, torso, arms of statue An announcement appeared in the Cornell Daily Sun on November 5, 1895 (vol. XVI, no. 35) regarding ID no. 726 but also making reference to this cast: "A facsimile of the bronze copy of the Doryphoros of Polykleitos, the celebrated fifth century sculptor of Argos, has been secured for the Museum of Classical Archaeology by the co-operation of the Art Institute of Chicago. It bears in Greek letters the signature of the copyist Apollonios, son of Archias. The piece has been placed in the first alcove of the museum, near the cast of the marble copy of the same statue which was found at Pompeii and which is now in the National Museum at Naples."
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 6011 - Bibliography:
- Moon, W.G., Polykleitos, Doryphoros, and the Tradition. Madison, 1995.
- Repository:
- Naples, National Archaeological Museum (original)
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.