German Bronze "Discus Thrower" Statue Based on Original by Myron with Marble Base. The classic athletic pose from antiquity, with one foot grounded on a rectangular bronze base and the other just barely held off it with tremendous poise. The word "DisKus" and a makers mark is visible on the front side of the bronze base just above the attached marble base, suggesting it is a 20th Century German take on the Italian reproductions that emerged in the 18th and 19th Centuries. 

Size: 14 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 in. 

The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower," Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period around 460 to 450 BC that depicts an ancient Greek athlete throwing a discus. Though the original Greek bronze cast is lost, the work is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble such as the Palombara Discobolus (the first to be recovered) and smaller scaled versions in bronze. It became especially popular to collect when the Grand Tour of Europe emerged among the upper and burgeoning middle class. 

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