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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4026534, member: 19463&quot;]What evidence is there that this is Gallus rather than some gladiator of the day who adopted the hair style of the emperor? </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern is a relative matter as is &#039;nude&#039; but this statue of George Washington as Zeus was on the East grounds of the US Capitol from 1843 until those against its symbolism and exposure got it moved to the Smithsonian in 1908.&nbsp; Washington had died before the statue was commissioned so we can&#039;t blame him for it. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_(Greenough)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_(Greenough)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_(Greenough)</a></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/George_Washington_Greenough_statue.jpg/300px-George_Washington_Greenough_statue.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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