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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Il nudo maschile nella statuaria italiana: Paride -- Found by Gavin Hamilton at Villa Adriana, in Tivoli, in 1769.

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ArtistCopy of Euphranor? (5th century BC)
Description
English: Statue of a youth with Phrygian cap, identified as Paris. Marble, Roman copy from the 2nd century AD after a Greek original. Found by Gavin Hamilton at Villa Adriana in Tivoli, 1769.
 
DimensionsH. 1.65 m (5 ft. 4 ¾ in.)
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 25
Accession numberMa 4708 (MNE 946)
Credit lineFormer Lansdowne Collection; former collections of Roger Peyrefitte; purchase, 1988

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