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Diadumenos
Sign in to savethumb|The Athens example, with the quiver in view. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Height: 1.95 metres (6 feet 4 inches) thumb|upright|Reconstruction, in a patinated cast at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- statue
- Depicts
- diadem
- Material used
- marble
- Creator
- Polykleitos
- Image
- Diadúmeno, Atenas, Grecia, 2019 07.jpg
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- Commons category
- Diadumenos
- inception
- 0430-00-00
- native label
- διαδούμενος
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- Roman copies
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thumb|The Athens example, with the quiver in view. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Height: 1.95 metres (6 feet 4 inches) thumb|upright|Reconstruction, in a patinated cast at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow
The Diadumenos (, ), together with the Doryphoros (spear bearer), are two of the most famous figural types of the sculptor Polyclitus, forming a basic pattern of Ancient Greek sculpture that all present strictly idealized representations of young male athletes in a convincingly naturalistic manner.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diadumenos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.