Holding a Pole

Seattle Figure Studio
Sep 18, 2025
  1. Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) by Polykleitos (c. 440 BC)

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     <figure class="figure"><img src="/movements/holding-a-pole/fig1.html" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/02_10_2024_Photo_Paolo_Villa-Napoli-mann-Museo_Archeologico-FO232526tris-Arte_Greca_copia_romana-Policleto_Doriforo_Polykleitos_Doryphoros_from_Pompeii-marmo_marble_carrara.jpg/512px-thumbnail.jpg?20241128173935 512w" alt="" class="figure-img img-fluid rounded max-h-50vh" loading="lazy"/><figcaption class="figure-caption tex-center"><a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02_10_2024_Photo_Paolo_Villa-Napoli-mann-Museo_Archeologico-FO232526tris-Arte_Greca_copia_romana-Policleto_Doriforo_Polykleitos_Doryphoros_from_Pompeii-marmo_marble_carrara.jpg'>Paolo Villa</a>, <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</figcaption></figure>
    
  2. Athena Parthenos (Roman Copy of Phidias’s Original) (5th c. BC original; late antique copy)

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     <figure class="figure"><img src="/movements/holding-a-pole/fig2.html" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Athena_Parthenos_Altemps_Inv8622.jpg/512px-Athena_Parthenos_Altemps_Inv8622.jpg?20101126183211 512w" alt="" class="figure-img img-fluid rounded max-h-50vh" loading="lazy"/><figcaption class="figure-caption tex-center"><a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athena_Parthenos_Altemps_Inv8622.jpg'>National Roman Museum of the Altemps Palace</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</figcaption></figure>
    
  3. Ares Borghese (“Ludovisi Ares”) (1st–2nd c. AD Roman copy of a 5th c. BC Greek bronze)

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     <figure class="figure"><img src="/movements/holding-a-pole/fig3.html" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ar%C3%A8s_Borgh%C3%A8se_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_Ma_866_%3B_MR_65_%3B_N_819.jpg/512px-Ar%C3%A8s_Borgh%C3%A8se_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_Ma_866_%3B_MR_65_%3B_N_819.jpg?20221008105234 512w" alt="" class="figure-img img-fluid rounded max-h-50vh" loading="lazy"/><figcaption class="figure-caption tex-center"><a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ar%C3%A8s_Borgh%C3%A8se_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_Ma_866_;_MR_65_;_N_819.jpg'>Borghese Collection</a>, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons</figcaption></figure>
    
     <figure class="figure"><img src="/movements/holding-a-pole/fig4.html" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ares_Borghese_Louvre_Ma_866_n05.jpg/512px-Ares_Borghese_Louvre_Ma_866_n05.jpg?20110710210124 512w" alt="" class="figure-img img-fluid rounded max-h-50vh" loading="lazy"/><figcaption class="figure-caption tex-center"><a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ares_Borghese_Louvre_Ma_866_n05.jpg'>Borghese Collection</a>, <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5'>CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</figcaption></figure>