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File:Demosthenes orator Louvre.jpg

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English: Copy of Polyeuktos
Français : Copie de Polyeuctos
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English: Bust of the Greek orator Demosthenes. Marble, Roman artwork, inspired from a bronze statue by Polyeuctos (ca. 280 BC). Found in Italy.
Français : Buste de l'orateur grec Démosthène. Marbre, œuvre romaine inspirée d'une statue en bronze de Polyeuctos (v. 280 av. J.-C.). Découvert en Italie.
Dimensions H. 44 cm (17 ¼ in.)
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Accession number Ma 237 (MR 458)
Credit line Former Albani Collection; seized by Napoleon; bought back by Louis XVIII
References notice sur le site du Louvre
Source/Photographer Eric Gaba ( User:Sting), July 2005

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