Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871- · Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington · leaf 94
remarks that up to the present no single Roman copy can be proved to bethat of an Olympic victor statue. This fact must be constantly borne in mind. 9No. 6439; Stais, Marbres et Bronzes, pp. 299-300 and fig.; Ausgr. v. 01., V, Pis. XXI,XXII, and p. 14; Funde v. 01., PI. XXIII, and p. 16; Bronz. v.… … Bronze Head of an Olympic Victor. Glyptothek, Munich. GREEK ORIGINALS OF VICTOR STATUES. 63 monuments in European museums we shall mention three. The bronzehead of a boxer in the Glyptothek at Munich (PI. 3) is an original ofthe first rank.1 It is from a statue found near Naples in 1730, whichwas…
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