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Leochares
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Leochares. Greek (probably Athenian) sculptor active in the mid-4th century bc. He is recorded in several ancient sources but is an elusive figure. In about 350 bc he is thought to have worked with
Scopas and two other sculptors on the friezes of the celebrated Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, but it is not possible confidently to assign any of the surviving portions (BM, London) to him. He is also said to have worked for Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great. On rather tenuous evidence, the original of the
Apollo Belvedere is sometimes attributed to Leochares, and a seated marble figure of the goddess Demeter (the
Demeter of Cnidus, BM) has been proposed as a work from his own hand. It is considered one of the finest Greek sculptures to survive from the 4th century.
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Fit for a king.(tomb of King Mausolus)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...century A.D., listed the sculptors responsible for the relief figures: Scopas carved the figures on the eastern side; Leochares, the western side; Bryaxis, the northern side; and Timotheus, the southern. The quadriga (four-horse chariot) at...
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Leochares
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Leochares. Greek (probably Athenian) sculptor active in the mid-4th century...evidence, the original of the Apollo Belvedere is sometimes attributed to Leochares, and a seated marble figure of the goddess Demeter (the Demeter of Cnidus...
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Apollo Belvedere
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...which it was once displayed). The statue is a copy from the Roman period of a Classical or Hellenistic Greek bronze, and Leochares has been proposed as the sculptor of the lost original. It was often copied or adapted, for example by Bernini in his Apollo...
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Demeter of Cnidus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...throne; originally, perhaps, a figure of her daughter Persephone stood beside her. It is considered one of the finest Greek sculptures to survive from the 4th century and has been attributed to Leochares . See also Aphrodite of Cnidus .
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Bryaxis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bryaxis , 4th cent. BC, Greek sculptor. With Scopas, Leochares, and Timotheus, he worked on the sculptures of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (c.350 BC). Among other works attributed to...
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