harvard-art-museums-sculpture:Portrait of the Greek Orator Demosthenes, 1st century BCE-2nd century

harvard-art-museums-sculpture:Portrait of the Greek Orator Demosthenes, 1st century BCE-2nd century CE, HAM: SculptureThis remarkable statuette is a small-scale copy of a lost life-size bronze statue that honored the Athenian orator and statesman Demosthenes. It illustrates a trend toward realism in Greek portraiture of the third century BCE and offers a posthumous ps…Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John W. Straus in honor of David MittenSize: h. 23.2 cm x w. 8 cm x d. 7 cm (9 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 ¾ in.)Medium: Leaded bronzehttps://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/4842 -- source link

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