Idolino
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thumb|right|200px The Idolino, or Idolino of Pesaro, is a Roman bronze statue of a nude youth in contrapposto, standing 146 cm high, made in approximately 30 B.C. It is a copy of a Greek sculpture in the style of Polyclitus made in approximately 440 B.C. It received the name "Idolino," which is Italian for "Little Idol," in the 19th century.
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thumb|right|200px The Idolino, or Idolino of Pesaro, is a Roman bronze statue of a nude youth in contrapposto, standing 146 cm high, made in approximately 30 B.C. It is a copy of a Greek sculpture in the style of Polyclitus made in approximately 440 B.C. It received the name "Idolino," which is Italian for "Little Idol," in the 19th century.
The statue represents a youth with his right hand outstretched. Originally thought to be a statue of Bacchus, it is now believed to have been used to hold an oil lamp at dinner parties. It was influenced by the Doryphoros of Polyclitus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Idolino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.