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Summary

Artist
English: Copy of Polyeuktos
Français : Copie de Polyeuctos
Description
English: Bust of the Greek orator Demosthenes . Marble, Roman artwork, inspired from a bronze statue by Polyeuctos (ca. 280 BC). Found in Italy.
Français : Buste de l'orateur grec Démosthène . Marbre, œuvre romaine inspirée d'une statue en bronze de Polyeuctos (v. 280 av. J.-C.). Découvert en Italie.
Dimensions H. 44 cm (17 ¼ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Accession number
Ma 237 (MR 458)
Credit line Former Albani Collection ; seized by Napoleon; bought back by Louis XVIII
References notice sur le site du Louvre
Source/Photographer Eric Gaba ( User:Sting ), July 2005

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Bust of the Greek orator Demosthenes.

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