Doryphoros / Achilles / Spear Bearer / full front view, with spear / High Classical; Creation date: original ca. 450-440 BCE; Roman copy

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Work Title: Doryphoros; Achilles; Spear Bearer
View Title: full front view, with spear
Creator/Culture: sculptor: original by Polykleitos (Greek, active 460-415 BCE)
Site/Repository: Repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Italy)
Period/Date: High Classical; Creation date: original ca. 450-440 BCE; Roman copy
Media/Technique: bronze original; carved marble copy
Dimensions: height: 2.12 m (83.46 inches)
Subjects: Greece; Contrapposto; Athletes; Male nudes; Roman copies of Greek art; Polyclitus, 5th cent. B.C. Doryphorus; Statues; Sculptures (visual works); Spears (Weapons)
Work Record ID: 146448
Image Record ID: 1372672
Classification Filing Number: 231; HPO; 22AP 2a; Drawer L91

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 1372672
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1372672/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1372672. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1372672/1. July 20, 2025.