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Cresilas
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cresilas or Kresilas , fl. c.450 BC, Greek sculptor, b. Crete. He worked at Athens. His statue of Pericles is the earliest Greek portrait statue that has been identified.
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