Statuette of a discus thrower (discobolos)
about 480 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 15.2 x 6.6 x 4 cm (6 x 2 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7480
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceBy 1901: acquired in Paris by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London (according to Warren's records, this was bought from an Athenian dealer in Paris who said, falsely, that it was from Chalcis; we know, however, that it came from Greece); December 1, 1901: sold by Warren to the MFA.
about 540–520 B.C.
about 500 B.C.
2nd century B.C.
about 210–170 B.C.
mid-4th century B.C.
mid-5th century B.C.
about 1700–1450 B.C.
about 750–700 B.C.
late 8th-early 7th centuries B.C.
750–700 B.C.
about 750 B.C.
about 750 B.C.