Efebo at The Museo Acheologico Nazionale, Florence

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Young Adolescents known as Epheboi were a social status in Ancient Greece, reserved for a specific age group. This statue was discovered in pieces in Pesaro in 1530, restored, and identified as the young Dionysos. The sculpture is an oil-lamp holder made by a central or southern Italian workshop during the early Augustan era. It was used to light banquets hosted by patrician families. Formerly considered the most perfect Greek statue, it's actually an eclectic work that may be a copy of a lost late work by Polykleitos. This scan is part of Oliver Laric's project 'Versions', which explores historical and contemporary ideas about image hierarchies. Every model produced by Laric can be downloaded and used without copyright restrictions. If you use the models, please contact stw@myminifactory.com or @threedscans.com.