
Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
photoA 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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