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Praxiteles (c.390-330BC) was the son of the sculptor Cephisodotos, who might have been his first teacher, and was one of the most popular Greek artists of his time, as many of his works were later copied by other artists. One of the most famous artists of the Antiquity, Praxiteles was also the first Greek sculptor to dared to defy the taboo of nudity, presenting for a first time a female ...