Caption

Sculpture of a discus thrower, Museo Vaticano, photograph, photographer: Libreria Spithöver, c. 1850 - c. 1870, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 383 mm x width 200 mm, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, Vatican City, Vatican Museums, A life-size marble statue of a nude male figure standing on a rectangular plinth, shown against a dark background, with a relaxed contrapposto pose; the figure's left arm is bent and the hand extended with two fingers pointing, while the right arm hangs down holding a rounded object that rests against a vertical support resembling a tree trunk; the head is turned slightly to the left with short curly hair and a calm facial expression, and a small decorative covering is placed over the groin; the surface of the sculpture shows weathered texture and subtle discoloration, and the plinth bears a small rectangular label centered on its front edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_007

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37.0Mb (5.3Mb) / 8.5in x 16.8in / 2559 x 5047 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sculpture discus thrower Museo Vaticano photograph photographer Libreria Spithöver c 1850 - c 1870 pasteboard paper albumen print height 383 mm x width 200 mm piece sculpture reproduction Vatican City Vatican Museums life-size marble statue nude male figure standing rectangular plinth shown dark background relaxed contrapposto pose figure's left arm bent hand extended two fingers pointing right arm hangs down holding rounded object rests vertical support resembling tree trunk head turned slightly short curly hair calm facial expression small decorative covering placed groin surface weathered texture subtle discoloration plinth bears small rectangular label centered front edge