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| Title: |
Portrait of Themistokles |
| Context: |
Possibly from Athens |
| Summary: |
Themistokles |
| Object Function: |
Honorary |
| Material: |
Bronze? |
| Sculpture Type: |
Free-standing portrait statue |
| Category: |
Original/copies |
| Style: |
Early Classical |
| Original or Copy: |
Original (lost) |
| Date: |
ca. 460 BC |
| Scale: |
Life-size |
| Period: |
Early Classical |
Form & Style: While the style of the only known copy of this portrait (Ostia Themistokles) is early Classical, and would plausibly date to ca. 460 B.C., some scholars doubt that such a realistic portrait might have existed in the second quarter o fthe fifth century, and would rather date it to the fourth century, when sculptors might have sculpted it in a style that would evoke Themistokles' era.
Date Description: The style of the only known copy, the Ostia Themistokles, is definitely early Classical, as is the structure of the work, as evidenced in the simplified structure of the head and features, and the linear carving of the hair.
Condition: Lost
Sources Used: Richter 1984, 210-12
Other Bibliography: Lullies & Hirmer 1979, pls. 120-21; Voutiras 1980, 46-53; Robertson 1975, 187-88, 504; Metzler 1971, 182 f.; A. Linfert, AntPl 7 (1967) 87 f.