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Roman marble copy of the lost bronze Diadumenos by the Greek sculptor Polykleitos, a centerpiece of the prestigious Torlonia Collection. It is a significant example of the classical Greek "Canon" of ideal human proportions. 

Alivio de mármol con Heracles, Piritoo y Teseo - 430 a. C. - Colección del Museo de Torlonia, Roma

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Altar stone dedicated to Bacchus – relief detail depicting Hercules. 1st century AD., from Rome (Italy). National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, Spain. marble

Bronze statuette of a dancing satyr, Roman, 3rd-2nd century BC The House of the Faun, Pompeii Museo Archeologico Nazionale (inv. 5002)

Telemon (or atlas/atlant) – sculpted male figure used as a column or support). Palazzo Davia Bargellini, Bologna, Italy.

For the Archaic Greeks, "kouroi" were the perfected images of masculinity. They embody a specifically Greek ideal. The Anavysos Kouros is one of the best preserved examples of this ideal.

Sculptors Model. Egypt. New Kingdom 1550 - 1077 B.C http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

Date: A.D. 1-200

Marble Mask of Zeus Ammon, Roman. 2nd century AD, Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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"Hercules and Antaeus", c.1620 by Stefano Maderno (1576-1636). Italian sculptor. National Museum of Scotland. terracotta sculpture

Bust of Antinous. Roman. circa 130-138 AD. found at Hadrian's Villa in 1769. marble. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK) http://hadrian6.tumblr.com