Acquired in 1865 from the Collection PourtalèsMarble, Roman, after an original from around 430/420 BC This head probably goes back to the bronze victor’s statue of a young athlete by the sculptor Polykleitos of Argos or his school. In Olympia, the victorious athletes were allowed to set up such statues in their honour. The best preserved Roman copy at the Dresden Antiquities Collection gave this type of statue its name.











