The Doryphoros (The Spear-Bearer) or The Kanon
Primary
Polykleitos
(Greek)
Cast maker
August Gerber
(active Cologne, Germany)
NationalityGreek, Europe
Date19th century reproduction
MediumPainted plaster cast from marble Roman copy of bronze original found at Pompeii, 440 BCE (National Archaeological Museum, Naples)
DimensionsOverall: 78 × 24 × 19 in. (198.1 × 60.9 × 48.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 25 15/16 × 29 7/16 × 5 11/16 in. (65.9 × 74.8 × 14.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 25 15/16 × 29 7/16 × 5 11/16 in. (65.9 × 74.8 × 14.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The William J. Battle Collection of Plaster Casts, 2004.32
Rights Statement
Collection AreaWilliam J. Battle Collection of Plaster Casts
Object number2004.32
On View
On viewLocations
- exhibition BMA, OS - Osborne Seminar Room
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