Diomedes, Louvre Ma890

Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Copy of Nausykles or Kresilas (?)
Diomedes stealing the Palladion (now lost). Marble, Roman copy from the 2nd-3rd century AD after a Greek original of the 5th century.
Dimensions H. 1.86 m (6 ft. 1 in.)
Credit line Former collections of Cardinal Richelieu; entered the Louvre collections in 1801
Accession number Ma890 (MR 265)
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 10
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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