• Plaster cast: Height: 1.69m.
• The cast is composed of a cast of a marble head placed on a cast of a separate marble body.

The marble head:
• is a version of the head of the original bronze "Diskobolos" made by Myron in about 450-440 BC.
• is now in Rome, Museo Nazionale delle Terme, inv. 126371.

The marble body:
• is a version of the original bronze "Diskobolos" made by Myron in about 450-440 BC.
• was found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli in 1791.
• is now in Rome, Musei Vaticani, Sala della Biga, inv. 2346.

Text: Copyright (c) Beazley Archive 1997 - 2002
Images: Copyright (c) Ashmolean Museum

Original artwork by Claire Murphy