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[left] Unknown Artist (Hellenistic Bronze), Athlete "Ephesian Apoxyomenos", AD 1–90, bronze and copper, height: 193 cm (76 in.), height with pedestal: 205 cm (80 11/16 in.), width (shoulders): 60 cm (23 5/8 in.), width (elbows): 65 cm (25 9/16 in.), depth (hands): 65 cm (25 9/16 in.), diameter: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung, Vienna

[center] Unknown Artist (Hellenistic Bronze), Head of an Athlete "Ephesian Apoxyomenos Type", 200–1 B.C., bronze and copper, overall size: 29.2 × 21 × 27.3 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.), Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

[right] Unknown Artist (Hellenistic Bronze), Torso of an Athlete "Ephesian Apoxyomenos Type", AD 1–100, basanite, height: 110 cm (43 5/16 in.), Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World: Apoxyomenos from Ephesos

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