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Torso of the Diadoumenos

Roman (Artist)
Copy after Polykleitos (Greek, active 460-415 BC) (Artist)
Original: ca. 430 BCE; Roman copy: 1st century BCE-4th century CE (Classical-Roman)
marble
(Ancient Greece , Roman Empire )

This powerful torso was part of a copy of the "Diadoumenos," a Greek statue by the famous master sculptor Polykleitos that has not survived. The original depicted a youthful nude athlete with both arms raised to tie a ribbon, the prize of athletic victory, around his head. The statue was much admired for the skillful representation of the musculature of the chest and the naturalistic and supple pose.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Villa Borghese (?). Stefano Bardini, Florence, before 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Bardini Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 1918, no. 427; William Boyce Thompson, Yonkers, 1918, by purchase; Elizabeth Seton College, Yonkers, 1945, by bequest; Mr. and Mrs. James E. LePere, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1968, by purchase.

Exhibitions

2009-2011 Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York.
1993 A Renaissance Puzzle: Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1978 In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/3/1968 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation
4/15/1968 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation
7/20/1970 Treatment cleaned
1/1/1992 Examination x-ray diffraction
12/9/1993 Examination condition
6/5/2001 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation
6/25/2001 Treatment other
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Geographies

Mediterranean (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 36 3/8 x W: 19 5/8 x D: 13 5/8 in. (92.4 x 49.8 x 34.6 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1968

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

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23.224

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