Boethus
Illustration — Roman copy of Boethus' sculpture of a boy playing with a goose. Boëthus was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age. His life dates cannot be accurately fixed, but he probably flourished in the 2nd century BCE. One source gives his birthplace as Chalcedon.
Boethus
Copy of Boethos of Chalcedon · Jastrow (2006) · Public domain
- Born
- 300 · Chalcedon.
- Died
- 200 · Macedonia.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Pergamon
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Movements
- Hellenistic art
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Illustration — Roman copy of Boethus' sculpture of a boy playing with a goose. Boëthus was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age. His life dates cannot be accurately fixed, but he probably flourished in the 2nd century BCE. One source gives his birthplace as Chalcedon.
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He was noted for his representations of children, especially for a group representing a boy struggling with a goose, of which several copies survive in museums. Other works represent a girl playing with dice, and a boy extracting a thorn. According to Pliny, he also worked with silver. Because Boethus was a common name in ancient Greece, specific details of his life are difficult to ascertain.
The recorded working language is Ancient Greek. Work by Boethus is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Boethus died at Macedonia.
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Boethus born at Chalcedon.
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- 1.Plinius, naturalis historia 33, 155.
- 2.Plinius, naturalis historia 34, 84.
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