Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)

ID: YRMNK07

Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)

A first century A.D. larger-than-life-size (74 in. [2 m.]) marble statue copied from a bronze statue originally done by Polykleitos of Argos ca. 450 B.C.

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This piece is normally displayed in the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale in Naples Italy.

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Keywords: Olympics, Sport, Athlete Athletics, Italy, Rome, Nike, Colosseum, Competitive Sport, Statue Statues, Naples, Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Polykleitos, Polyclitus, Spear Bearer, Doryphoros, Classical, Back Side, Rear