About the Artwork
Athlete with Discus
5th century BCE
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Etruscan
Unknown
Bronze
Including base: 7 3/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/16 inches (18.3 × 7.9 × 5.2 cm) Overall (object): 4 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/4 inches (11.6 × 7.9 × 3.2 cm) Overall (base): 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 inches (6.7 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm)
Sculpture
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner
37.134
Public Domain
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Provenance
William Valentiner (New York, USA);1937-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Robindon, F.W. An Exhibition of Small Bronzes of the Ancient World. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1947, p. 8, no. 37.
Teitz, R.S. Masterpieces of Etruscan Art. Exh. cat., Worcester Art Museum. Worcester, Massachusettes, April 21-June 18, 1967, no. 61, (ill.).
Brendel, O.J. Etruscan Art. Pelican History of Art series. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978, p. 315, (ill.).
Image and Artifact: Ancient Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA Statewide Srevices Travelling Exhibition. Detroit, February 5, 1984-December 16, 1985, cat. no. 51.
Brendel, O.J. Etruscan Art. Pelican History of Art series, 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1995, pp. 315-6 (fig. 234).
Caccioli, D. A.. The Villanovan, Etruscan and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts. In Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 14, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2009, cat. no. 7, p. 30, (ill.) pl. 11.
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Etruscan, Athlete with Discus, 5th century BCE, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner, 37.134.
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