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Bronze diskos thrower

Period:
Classical
Date:
ca. 480–460 B.C.
Culture:
Greek
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 9 5/8 in. (24.51 cm)
Classification:
Bronzes
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1907
Accession Number:
07.286.87

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 153

  • Description

    This superlative bronze embodies the highest achievements of the early classical period. The athlete is about to swing the diskos forward and over his head with his left hand, then transfer it to his right hand, and release it with the force of the accumulated momentum. The beauty of the statuette lies in the calm and concentrated physiognomy that forms part of a perfectly developed and disciplined body.

  • Provenance

    Said to be from the Peloponnese (Mertens 1985, p. 37).

    Acquired October 1907, purchased from Jean P. Lambros.

  • References

    Robinson, Edward. 1908. "New Accessions in the Classical Department: II. The Diskos-Thrower." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3(2): pp. 31-36.

    Bates, W. N. 1908. "New York. Acquisitions of the Metropolitan Museum." American Journal of Archaeology 12 (July-September): 377-79, fig. 8.

    Hyde, W. W. 1921. Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington, pp. 220, n. 5, 221, fig. 46.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1970. "The Department of Greek and Roman Art: Triumphs and Tribulations." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3: pp. 75, 79, fig. 9.

    Robertson, M. 1975. A History of Greek Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 291, 666, n. 241, pl. 68d.

    Mertens, Joan R. 1985. "Greek Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 43(2): no. 21, pp. 10, 15, 36-38.

    Rolley, C. 1986. Greek Bronzes. Translated by R. Howell. London: Sotheby's Publications/Chesterman Publications, pp. 158-59, pl. 140.

    Mertens, Joan R. 1987. Introduction to Greece and Rome, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 9.

    Picón, Carlos A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 105, pp. 99, 427.

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