Philoxenus (sculptor)
Philoxenos ( ancient Greek Φιλόξενος ) was a Greek sculptor from Athens who worked in Rome during the Augustan period (30 BC to 14 AD) .
It is only known from an inscription on a marble statue fragment found in the gardens of Palazzo Barberini . It is unclear whether the statue is an original or a copy of an older work.
literature
- Adolf Lippold : Philoxenos 30. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XX, 1, Stuttgart 1941, Col. 203.
- Lorenzo Guerrini: Philoxenus. In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (editor): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 4. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1996.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Philoxenos (III). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 251.
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SURNAME | Philoxenus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Φιλόξενος (grcS) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |