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Statue of a young athlete, known as “Alexander”. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Inv. H4 118/254. The torso dates to the first half of the IIc CE based on a model of the late Vc BCE with marble supplements of the 17c CE. Date Acquired: 1728; purchased from the Chigi Collection (Rome). Height 162 cm; width 95 cm; depth 41 cm. The animated position of the youth's body explains the 17c restoration of the Dresden copy as Alexander the Great.