Baton (sculptor)
Baton ( Greek Βάτων ) was a Greek sculptor of the late 3rd and early 2nd centuries BC. BC, whose name is preserved in three artist signatures of Attic statue bases. Two of the bases were found in Athens near the church of Hagios Demetrios Katiphoris, the third in Eleusis . The two Athenian bases identify Baton as originating from Herakleia, without it being necessary to determine which city of the name is meant.
Baton can presumably be identified with the artist of the same name handed down by Pliny in his first alphabetical index. According to Pliny, Baton had created the statues of Hera and Apollon , which were located in the Temple of Concordia in Rome at the time . According to its third directory, Baton was a manufacturer of votive statues, among which were athletes, armed men, hunters and victims ( athletae, armati, venatores, sacrificantes ).
Remarks
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II 2 4280 and 4281 .
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II 2 3858 .
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 34, 73 and 91.
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 34, 73.
- ^ Pliny, Naturalis historia 34, 90.
literature
- Carl Robert : Baton 8 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 143 f.
- Lucia Guerrini: Baton . In: Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale . Volume 2. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1959
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baton from Samos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sculptor of ancient Greece |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |