Bryaxis
Bryaxis ( ancient Greek Βρύαξις ) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Chr.
He was one of the masters of his subject, so that he was around the year 350 BC. Chr. By Artemisia II. , The wife of the Persian satrap Mausolus together with Leochares , Scopas and Timotheus was commissioned the tomb of Mausolus, known as the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus to build. Each of the sculptors was responsible for one side of the building; Bryaxis for the north side. More details about his life are not known. Clement of Alexandria reports that there was a second sculptor with this name who made a statue of Serapis , which was later made in Alexandria was supposed to have manufactured.
In Athens, the base of a statue with a relief named Bryaxis was found. The signature may however refer to the statue that is no longer in existence today. The relief, however, may not come from him. Further works are a statue of Apollon Kitharodos at Daphne near Antioch and a portrait of Seleucus I.
literature
- Carl Robert : Bryaxis . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 916-920.
- Jean Charbonneaux , Roland Martin , François Villard: Hellenistic Greece, 330 - 50 BC Chr. CH Beck, Munich 1971, ISBN 3406030181 , p. 409.
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Remarks
- ↑ Pliny , 36, 4.
- ↑ Clemens, Protrepticus 48, 5 ( German translation ).
- ^ Gisela MA Richter : Handbook of Greek Art , Parkland Verlag, Stuttgart 1965, ISBN 3-88059-162-8 , p. 175.
- ^ Gisela Richter: Handbook of Greek Art , Parkland Verlag, Stuttgart 1965, ISBN 3-88059-162-8 , pp. 174-175.
- ↑ Pliny 34:19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bryaxis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Βρύαξις (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |