Phidias

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Basic data

  1. between January 1, 500 BCE and December 31, 490 BCE
  2. between January 1, 430 BCE and December 31, 420 BCE
  3. Bildhauer
  4. Athen

Iconography

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends (1868) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Source: Wikimedia)
In this painting by artist Paul Delaroche, Phidias is depicted enthroned on the right. (Source: Wikimedia)
The Varvakeion Athena, a Roman-era statue of Athena Parthenos considered to be the most faithful reproduction of the chryselephantine statue made by Phidias and his assistants, as displayed in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (Source: Wikimedia)
A reconstruction of Phidias's Statue of Zeus at Olympia in an engraving made by Philippe Galle in 1572, from a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck (Source: Wikimedia)
The workshop of Phidias at Olympia (2005) (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Phidias, Kilian, Philipp (zugeschrieben) - 1675 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Phidias, Kilian, Philipp (zugeschrieben) - 1675 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Polygnotvs Athen., des Polygno. Thas., des Phidias und des Zevxis, Joachim von Sandrart (der Ältere) - 1683 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Phidias (Pheidias) von Athen, Fricke, H. -  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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