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Diadoumenos

Description:

Youth binding his head with a fillet as a sign of victory in the games. Roman copy of a statue by Polykleitos. Found at Vaison, France, and now in the British Museum.
Restorations: The nose, the fingers of the right hand, parts of the left thigh, the left shin and heel; also the upper part of the stump.

A full scale statue of Diadoumenos, a 19th century plaster cast from Roman copy of the Greek bronze original.

Met. Cast 586

Period of Original: Greek & Roman

Origin of Original: National Archeologiocal Museum., Athens Greece (found at Delos)

Location of the Cast: 20 W. 44 St. New York, NY USA

Provenance: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Condition: The cast has been completely restored.

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