A Plaster Relief of The Falling Warrior
Ref: 16367
A well patinated plaster relief of the "Falling Warrior".
The marble original was found in Piraeus and dated 101bc-200bc, this plaster relief was produced by the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, circa 1960.
H:69 W:63 D:13 CM
H:27 W:24.8 D:5.3 INCHES.
Here a wounded Greek warrior collapses to the ground after being struck a mortal blow from behind. The dying warrior’s noble countenance, the fillet or ribbon tied around his forehead, and his powerful, athletic body epitomize what Pheidias and his pupils sought to project as the ideal of mature male dignity in the decade when Athens was at the height of its power in the eastern Mediterranean world. Some five centuries later, collectors such as the Roman emperor Hadrian sought this Pheidian style, translated from a circular golden shield to a rectangular marble relief, to decorate their palaces and villas. Athenian sculptors of the Roman era made a good living creating and exporting such memories of past glories. This relief and a number of others were found near Athens in the harbor of Piraeus, where they had been lost in a disaster, likely while awaiting shipment.
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