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

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Praxiteles was an ancient Greek sculptor who flourished around 400 BCE. He was born in 395 BCE and died in 330 BCE. His active work period began in 375 BCE or 370 and ended in 340 BCE or 330 BCE.

The sculptor is associated with a collection of 34 works. He is referenced by 227 other encyclopedia articles. A separate author named Praxiteles González Martínez has one work, titled Riberas del "Baixo Miño".

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Riberas del "Baixo Miño"

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
13
Total plays
89

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Classical Athens
Place of birth
Athens
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
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

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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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