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Lysippos


Lysippos was born at Sikyon around 390 BC. A worker in bronze in his youth, he taught himself the art of sculpture, becoming later head of the school of Argos and Sikyon.
He was the personal sculptor of Alexander the Great. He produced according to the Pliny the elder, more than 1500 works, all of them in bronze. None of his works has survived, but only certain copies.



Apoxyomenos Arrow Apoxyomenos
A young athlete scraping the oil from his body with a strigil. Roman marble copy of Greek bronze by Lysippos, 330 BC; in the Vatican Museum.




Heracles Arrow Heracles
Roman marble copy of Greek bronze by Lysippos, 320 BC. The original stood at the agora of Sikyon.




Arrow The Boxer of Terme
Bronze statue about 350? BC.
For some it is a genuine work of Lysippos.
Museum Nationale Romano in Rome.




Victorious Youth, Pezaro Italy Arrow Victorious Youth
Bronze statue about 350? BC.
Pezaro Italy.




Hermes Arrow Hermes
Roman copy of the bronze statue by Lysippos 350 BC.




Agias Arrow Agias
Marble copy of Greek bronze by Lysippos.




Alexander of Azara Bust of Alexander the Great, the so-called
"Azara herm".
A Roman copy by Lysippos around 330-320 BC.




Alexander the Great Alexander the Great
Bronze copy by Lysippos.




Alexander of Pella Alexander the Great
Marble copy of portrait at Pella.




Alexander of Pergamon Alexander the Great
Marble copy of portrait at Pergamon.



Socrates
Kairos (Opportunity)
Praxilla
Four Horses, Great Alexander
Heracles (Twelve labors)
Eros, Poseidon



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