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English: In our museums are many Statues of Amazons representing 5th century originals have usually been largely restored, and it is no easy matter to discover their original type. Professor A. Michaelis has recovered successfully three types (uploaded here). The attribution of these is a matter of controversy. The first has been given to the chisel of Polyclitus; the second seems to represent the Wounded Amazon of Cresilas; the third has by some archaeologists been given to Pheidias. It does not represent a wounded amazon, but one alert, about to leap upon her horse with the help of a spear as a leaping pole.
Date between circa 400 and circa 300 B.C.
Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 12, 1911, p. 486, Fig. 40.
Author Left to right: Polyclitus, Cresilas, Pheidias?
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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