Torso of a nude young man, Spear-bearer or Doryphoros, The Pourtales Torso

by SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst

The Doryphoros (Greek, Spear-Bearer) of Polykleitos is one of the best known Greek sculptures of Classical antiquity, depicting a solidly built, muscular, standing warrior, originally bearing a spear balanced on his left shoulder. Rendered somewhat above life-size, the lost bronze original of the wo