Leochares
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Leochares was a male sculptor and artist from Classical Athens. He was born in Athens and spoke Ancient Greek. His citizenship was in Classical Athens.
His works are held in the collections of the Acropolis Museum, the Vatican Museums, and the British Museum. He is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and Pauly–Wissowa.
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It sits within the topics 4th-century BC Athenians, 4th-century BC Greek sculptors and Ancient Athenian sculptors.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Role / Field
- Sculptor, Artist
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 2 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- Commons category
- Leochares
- Commons Creator page
- Leochares
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- date of death
- 0400-01-01
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- has works in the collection
- British Museum
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Leochares, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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Leochares () was an ancient Greek sculptor from Athens, who lived in the 4th century BC.
==Works== thumb|upright|Diana of Versailles Leochares worked at the construction of the Mausoleum of Mausolos at Halicarnassus, one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". The Diana of Versailles is a Roman copy of his original (). He is also thought to be the creator of the celebrated Apollo Belvedere, of which a Roman copy is currently housed in Vatican City.
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