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Ancient Greek bronze sculpture in the Getty Villa

Summary

Object

Victorious Youth  wikidata:Q642140 reasonator:Q642140
Artist
Possibly Lysippos (−390–−300)  wikidata:Q192222 q:en:Lysippus
 
Possibly Lysippos
Alternative names
Lysippus; Lysippos of Sikyon; Lisippo; Lysipp
Description Greek sculptor, brazier and architect
Date of birth/death circa 390 BC
date QS:P,-0390-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata		 circa 300 BC
date QS:P,-0300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Location of birth Sicyon in Peloponnese, Greece
Work period between circa 372 and circa 310 BC
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q192222,P5102,Q30230067
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Title
Victorious Youth Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Victorious Youth Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Victorious Youth Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Atleta Victorioso"
label QS:Lfr,"Jeune Vainqueur"
label QS:Lru,"Атлет из Фано"
label QS:Lde,"Die Getty Bronze"
label QS:Lbe,"Атлет з Фано"
label QS:Lsl,"Mladi zmagovalec"
label QS:Lja,"勝利した若者像"
label QS:Lit,"Atleta di Fano"
label QS:Luk,"Атлет з Фано"
label QS:Laz,"Fanodan olan atlet"
label QS:Lmk,"Атлет од Фано"
label QS:Lnl,"Victorious Youth"
label QS:Lca,"Jove victoriós"
label QS:Lgl,"Atleta Vitorioso"
label QS:Lar,"الشباب المنتصر"
Object type statue Edit this at Wikidata
Genre heroic nudity Edit this at Wikidata
Description

A naked youth stands with his weight on his right leg, crowning himself with a wreath, probably olive. The olive wreath was the prize for a victor in the Olympic Games and identifies this youth as a victorious athlete. The eyes of the figure were originally inlaid with colored stone or glass paste, and the nipples were inlaid with copper, creating naturalistic color contrasts.

Found in the sea in international waters, this statue is one of the few life-size Greek bronzes to have survived; as such, it provides much information on the technology of ancient bronze casting. The origin of the statue is unknown, but either Olympia or the youth's hometown is possible.

Romans probably carried the statue off from its original location during the first century B.C. or A.D., when Roman collecting of Greek art was at its height. The ship carrying it may have foundered, preserving the statue for centuries in the sea.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Date between 300 and 100 BC
date QS:P,-0500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-0300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-0100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium bronze and casting Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 151.5 cm (59.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 70 cm (27.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; thickness: 27.9 cm (10.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+151.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+70U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+27.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 111, The Hellenistic World
Accession number
77.AB.30 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Object location
34° 02′ 42.9″ N, 118° 33′ 52.6″ W Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Place of creation Ancient Greece Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Ancient Greek bronze sculpture in the Getty Villa Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
Source

The Getty Center, Object 103QSX

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