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Sosicles

Illustration — Amazon Sosicles type (Capitoline Museums). Sosicles Sosicles (Ancient Greek: Σωσικλῆς) was a Roman sculptor in the mid 2nd century AD. He worked as copyist of ancient Greek masterpieces. D19; now in the Capitoline Museums, Inv.

Sosicles

Wounded Amazon of the Capitol-Sosikles type. Marble, Roman copy signed by Sosikles after a Greek original by Polykleitos (or Kresilas?).

Polykleitos or Kresilas? · User:Tetraktys 2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Born
100
Occupation
sculptor
Movements
Hellenistic art
Languages
Ancient Greek

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Illustration — Amazon Sosicles type (Capitoline Museums). Sosicles Sosicles (Ancient Greek: Σωσικλῆς) was a Roman sculptor in the mid 2nd century AD. He worked as copyist of ancient Greek masterpieces. D19; now in the Capitoline Museums, Inv.

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