Title
Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
Subject
Athletics
Nudes (representations)
men
Human beings
Description
Tree trunk and brace strut are Roman additions.
Creator
Polykleitos
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2010 (9780205800377)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
ca. 450 - 440 BCE
BCE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
statues
sculpture (visual work)
Still Image
Identifier
VS4562392
vw-20100831-1
Date Created
2011-09-07
Date Modified
2011-09-07
Is Part Of
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
Height 6'11
Medium
marble
Spatial Coverage
Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Italy)
Temporal Coverage
Archaic (Greek)
Ancient Greek
Ancient Roman
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Citation
Polykleitos, “Spear Bearer (Doryphoros),” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 15, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/36296.