Stephanos (sculptor)
Stephanos was a in the second half of the 1st century BC. Chr. In Rome active Greek sculptor .
Stephanos belonged to a sculpture school based in Rome. According to his own statements, which he left on the only statue he has survived, he was a student of the sculptor Pasiteles . By him signed statue, called Stephanosathlet , is a stylistically to the early Classical ajar, ekklektisches work. The "athlete" was copied many times in antiquity, there are 17 repetitions, some only fragmentarily. According to the older Pliny Appiades , the collection of Gaius Asinius Pollio in Rome contained statues of nymphs by the hand of a Stephanos. It remains unclear whether this refers to the artist of the Stephanosathlete, but it is possible in terms of time.
literature
- Peter Cornelis Bol (ed.): The history of ancient sculpture. Volume 3: Hellenistic Sculpture. von Zabern, Mainz 2007, p. 350, 352, 354, 356, Fig. 351
- Paul Zanker Classicist statues. Studies on the change in taste in art in the Roman Empire. von Zabern, Mainz 1974, pp. 49-50 No. 11; 54 No. 7; 57.
Web links
- Cast of the statue of an athlete, the so-called Stephanosathlet in the Arachne archaeological database
Remarks
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 36,33.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephanos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |