Outdoor garden statue "The Youth of Marathon" by Praxiteles (reduction)

Together with Skopas and Lysipp, the Athens Praxiteles is considered the most important sculptor of the late classic. The artist surrounds his statues with a veil of calm thoughtfulness, which strangely delensed the figures, while the viewer is just involved in the area of ​​activity of the artwork as a witness to this seclusion. The originals of his works have been lost and would be irretrievably if the Romans had not made any replicas from them in antiquity. Then, however, a unique find shook posterity: Greek fishermen from the sea near Marathon a young statue of incomparable beauty, which can undoubtedly be attributed to the practical.