Kresilas was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period, from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron. He is best known for his statue Pericles with the Corinthian helmet.
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Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 480 BC to 410 BC · aged 70
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