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Q: Why is she called the Lansdowne Amazon?

The statue was in Lansdowne House in London from the 1770s until 1930. Before that, it was in the Borghese Collection in Rome. The name stuck even after John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated it to the Met in 1932.

Q: How big is it?

It stands 203.8 cm (about 6 feet 8 inches) tall. The lower legs, feet, and parts of the right arm are 18th-century restorations. The original wound visible under the right breast was part of the Greek design, showing the Amazon's composure despite her injury.

Ancient Roman This Roman marble copy, also called the Lansdowne Amazon, reproduces a Greek bronze original from around 450-425 BCE. The ancient writer Pliny described a famous competition among five sculptors (including Phidias, Polykleitos, and Kresilas) to create Amazon statues for the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. This type is attributed to either Polykleitos or Kresilas.

The figure is a wounded warrior who has lost her weapons. She bleeds from a wound under her right breast, but her face shows no sign of pain, reflecting the Greek ideal of dignified composure in suffering. Her chiton is unfastened at one shoulder, belted at the waist with a makeshift piece of horse bridle. She rests her right arm on her head in a gesture associated with sleep or death.

The statue stands over 2 meters tall. John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1932. It passed through the Borghese Collection and Lansdowne House before reaching New York.

The Greek bronze original (ca. 450-425 BCE) is attributed to either Polykleitos or Kresilas, both participants in a famous competition to create Amazon statues for the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. This Roman marble copy dates to the 1st-2nd century CE.

The statue was in Lansdowne House in London from the 1770s until 1930. Before that, it was in the Borghese Collection in Rome. The name stuck even after John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated it to the Met in 1932.

It stands 203.8 cm (about 6 feet 8 inches) tall. The lower legs, feet, and parts of the right arm are 18th-century restorations. The original wound visible under the right breast was part of the Greek design, showing the Amazon's composure despite her injury.

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