Cephisodotus the Younger
Illustration — Aphrodite by Kephisodotos the Younger, copy made 160BC, Museum of Old Masters, Zwinger, Dresden Cephisodotus, son of Praxiteles, brother of Timarchos and grandson of Cephisodotus the Elder. None of his work remains in originals, but in later, mostly Roman copies. He was in a team with his brother a prolific sculptor of the latter part of the 4th century BC, especially noted for portraits, of Menander (ca.
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Cephisodotus the Younger
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- Cephisodotus the Younger was born on 1 January 400 BC.
- Died
- Cephisodotus the Younger died on 1 January 300 BC.
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Illustration — Aphrodite by Kephisodotos the Younger, copy made 160BC, Museum of Old Masters, Zwinger, Dresden Cephisodotus, son of Praxiteles, brother of Timarchos and grandson of Cephisodotus the Elder. None of his work remains in originals, but in later, mostly Roman copies. He was in a team with his brother a prolific sculptor of the latter part of the 4th century BC, especially noted for portraits, of Menander (ca.
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80 remaining ancient replices), of the orator Lycurgus, and others. Said by some to be a candidate for the famous statue of Two Wrestlers (at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy), found in a Roman marble but believed to have originally been cast in bronze.
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Cephisodotus the Younger died.
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Cephisodotus the Younger born at Athens.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Kephisodotos the Younger. His recorded language was Ancient Greek. He was the child of Praxiteles.
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