History

The Discobolus Lancellotti, discovered at the Villa Palombara on Rome’s Esquiline Hill in 1781, is the only almost fully preserved sculpture of this type. A copy of a bronze by the Greek master Myron, ca. 450 BCE, one of the most admired works of antiquity. 2/ pic.twitter.com/aqT21F0P86

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