Discus
about 500 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, possibly from Mt. Hymettus in Attica
DimensionsOverall (on mount): 18.2 x 5 cm (7 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously and partial gift in memory of Albert Gallatin
Accession number1987.621
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1928: Edward Perry Warren Collection; by 1929: with Sotheby's; sold at Sotheby's auction, May 1929, lot 89; by 1929: Albert Gallatin Collection; loaned by Albert Gallatin to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 14, 1930 to May 26, 1947 (letter of August 19, 1969 from Henry R. Immerwahr); 1947: returned to Albert F. Gallatin Collection; loaned by Albert F. Gallatin to MFA, September 18, 1948 (as 192.48); by 1973: Catherine Gallatin Collection; partial purchase by MFA from Catherine Gallatin and partial gift of Catherine Gallatin to MFA, December 16, 1987
350–340 B.C.
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
5th century
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
about A.D. 138–192
1st century A.D.
about 325 B.C.
about 490–480 B.C.
about 4th century B.C.