Leochares

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Flourished	c.375 BCE - c.326 BCE

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Idolino

Polyclitus

Greek sculptor

Antonio del Pollaiuolo

Italian artist

saltcellar of Francis I

Benvenuto Cellini

Italian artist

Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Phidias

Phidias

Greek sculptor

Lysippus

Greek sculptor

Myron

Greek sculptor

Pasiteles

Greek sculptor

“The Boxer,” Roman bronze copy of Greek sculpture by Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century bc; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

Apollonius The Athenian

Greek sculptor

Sidney Barclay: Colossus of Rhodes

Chares of Lindos

ancient Greek sculptor

Critius and Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Peter Vischer, the Elder

German artist

Piero del Pollaiuolo

Italian artist

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas

French artist

Henry Moore

Henry Moore

British artist

Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian artist

Donatello: David

Donatello

Italian sculptor

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

French sculptor

Ghiberti, Lorenzo

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Italian sculptor

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