Sculpture Gardens Endowment
Standing Discus Thrower -
Discobolos
Vatican Museum copy
Standing Discus Thrower
Discobolos
Discobolus
Naukydes, circa 420-400 BC.
Found in 1771 by David Hamilton in the
"Galliens-Villa" on the Appian Way.
Vatican Museum, Sala della Biga 615,
Rome, Italy.
This image shows a Roman marble copy.
The IISOH will purchase a bronze copy made from a mold of this statue.
The benefactor can name this Sculture Garden section which will be dedicated with
a marker engraved in stone (marble or granite) or cast in relief in bronze.
