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Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Discophoros (athlete holding a discus). Pentelic marble, Roman copy from the 1st–2nd century AD after an early 4th century BC original by Naukydes. The antique head does not belong to the statue; the right arm, most of the left arm, of the legs and of the base are modern restorations.
Dimensions H. 1.67 m (5 ft. 5 ½ in.)
Credit line Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807
Accession number Ma 89 (MR 159)
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 10
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)
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