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Praxiteles

Also known as Praxitèle, Praxitèle II, Praxitelès, Prassiteles, Praxiteles II, Praxitelis, Prassitele, Praxitele

thumb|The Resting Satyr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Place of birth: Athens
Child: Timarchus
Father: Cephisodotus the Elder
Occupation: sculptor
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Field of work: art of sculpture
Image: Edifici carrer Tallers 45 Barcelona - 03 Praxiteles.JPG
Work location: Athens

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topic's main category: Category:Praxiteles
Commons category: Praxiteles
floruit: 0400-00-00
Commons gallery: Praxiteles
Commons Creator page: Praxiteles
has works in the collection: Palatine Museum
time period: classical antiquity
date of birth: 0395-00-00
start of work period: 0370-00-00
end of work period: 0330-00-00
date of death: 0330-00-00
name in native language: Πραξιτέλης
name: Praxiteles

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Works in European collections

34 objects attributed to Praxiteles, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

Date
Works
''Hermes and the Infant Dionysus''
Apollo Sauroktonos
Apollo Lykeios
Capitoline Satyr
Leto, Apollo, and Artemis
Leconfield Head
Aberdeen Head
Aphrodite of Cnidus
Artemis of Antikyra
Uncertain attributions
Roman copies
See also
Footnotes
References
Sources
Bibliography
External links

thumb|The Resting Satyr

Praxiteles (; ) of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no indubitably attributable sculpture by Praxiteles is extant, numerous copies of his works have survived; several authors, including Pliny the Elder, wrote of his works; and coins engraved with silhouettes of his various famous statuary types from the period still exist.

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