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Head Sculpture Known As "bénévent" Replica From The Louvre Museum 20th Century
This man's head called "from Benevento" is a replica from the Louvre Museum in resin, with a wooden base. Louvre stamp on the neck. The young athlete wears a crown of olive branches. The original attributed to Polyctète, Argive sculptor of the 5th century BC, was offered in the 19th century by King Ferdinand II as a diplomatic gift to a member of the Pedicini family who owned a palace in Benevento near Naples, hence its current name "The Head of Benevento". The original in bronze is in the Louvre Museum in the department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities. Dimensions of the base 13 cm X 12 cm
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