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Flourished 370 BCE - 330 BCE
Notable Works “Aphrodite of Cnidus”

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Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus
Aphrodite of Cnidus
“Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus,” marble statue by Praxiteles, c. 350–330 bc (or perhaps a fine Hellenistic copy of his original). In the Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece. Height 2.15 m.
Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus
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Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
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Laurens, Henri: La Grande Musicienne
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French sculptor
Frank Dobson working on a sculpture of British actress Margaret Rawlings.
Frank Dobson
British sculptor
Apollonius of Tralles: Farnese Bull
Apollonius Of Tralles
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Henry Moore
Henry Moore
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Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Antonio Canova: Three Graces
Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia
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Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Portrait of Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, shown from the chest up, looking directly at the camera against a plain background.
Amedeo Modigliani
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Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis
American sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
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Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
Desiderio da Settignano: A Little Boy
Desiderio da Settignano
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Germain Pilon
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Pierre Puget
French sculptor
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Luca della Robbia
Florentine sculptor

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