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after I Lysippe
(? - ?)
Alexandre le Grand dit Hermès Azara
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Hermes bust
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C)
portrait of a young man
Greek art
portrait of a man
en buste
king
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About the artwork
Title:
Alexandre le Grand dit Hermès Azara
Periods:
4th century BC
Hellenistic period (323-31 B.C)
Techniques:
sculpture (technique)
white marble
Inventory number:
MA436
Detail:
Oeuvre romaine d'après une statue en bronze de Lysippe Vers 330 av J.-C.
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
after
I Lysippe
Also known as:
Lysippus
Lysippos of Sikyon
Lisippo
Country:
Sicyone
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Lysippos
(; Greek:
Λύσιππος
) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Together with Scopas and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the three greatest sculptors of the Classical Greek era, bringing transition into the Hellenistic period. Problems confront the study of Lysippos because of the difficulty of identifying his style among the copies which survive. Not only did he have a large workshop and many disciples in his immediate circle, but there is understood to have been a market for…
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