Antique Male Portrait Bust, Italian, Plaster, After Doryphorus, Victorian, 1900Our Stock # 18. 9557 This is an antique male portrait bust. An Italian, plaster figure after Doryphorus by Polykleitos, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. A classic Roman sculpture, the Doryphorus or Spear bearer is a later copy of the original bronze by Greek sculptor Polykleitos, adapted from his written work on figural proportion known as Canon. The Roman statue is believed to have been crafted before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in