Hermes of Andros by sp!ros on Flickr.
Statue of Aphrodite. Archaeological Museum, Athens-Greece by sp!ros on Flickr.
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Parian marble. Found at Baiai in southern Italy. It formely belonged to the collection of Lord Hope and was donated to the National Museum by M.Embeirikos in 1924. The neck, head and right arm were restored by the famous italian sculptor A. Canova (1757-1822). Aphrodite is depicted standing , nude save for a richly draped himation which she retains with her left hand in front of her pudenda.
Version made in the 2nd c. AD of the type of the Syracuse Aphrodite, the original of which goes back to the 4th c. BC.
Statue of a fighting Gaul by sp!ros on Flickr.
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Parian marble.
Found in the Agora of the Italians on Delos. The warrior, wounded in the thigh, has fallen to the ground on his right knee, and will have been attempting to defend himself against his enemy with his left arm.
Typical example of Late Hellenistic sculpture with features of the Pergamene school.
Athens Archaeological Museum
Statue of a fighting Gaul by sp!ros on Flickr.
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Parian marble.
Found in the Agora of the Italians on Delos. The warrior, wounded in the thigh, has fallen to the ground on his right knee, and will have been attempting to defend himself against his enemy with his left arm.
Typical example of Late Hellenistic sculpture with features of the Pergamene school.
Athens Archaeological Museum
Apoxyomenos, Αποξυόμενος by sp!ros on Flickr.
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from the exhibition at palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence
“Satyr” from the “Praxiteles” exhibition by sp!ros on Flickr.
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National Archaeological Museum, Athens
