Collocation

Female statue known as immortality

Inv. Scu 52 The statue rests on its left leg while the right is slightly bent; the figure is wearing a cloak (himation), tied across her torso, and a long short-sleeved peplos. The head, not pertinent to the body, is…

Statue of a hero

Inv. Scu 988 The statue represents a hero while getting on a chariot and it belonged to a group with chariot and horse. The reconstruction shows the young hero while getting on a chariot and holding the reins with his…

Statue of young girl wearing a peplos

Inv. Scu 983 The statue portrays a seated female figure, wearing a long robe (peplos), characterized by narrow vertical pleats. Her legs are crossed and covered by a cloak wrapped around her waist. A basket for wool is depicted under…

Statue of an Old Centaur

Inv. Scu 658 The centaur is depicted entirely nude with the exception of a the nebris (deer skin) which hangs from his right shoulder. On the sculptural support beneath his horse abdomen, two castanets (hand-held percussion instruments) are shown in…

Female Statue

Inv. Scu 949 Female figure, missing head and arms, depicted with its left leg brought forward in the act of walking. It wears a peplos down to its feet, girded below the breasts by a belt. In the upper part,…

Sarcophagus with portrait of the deceased

Inv. Scu 1894 Front of a sarcophagus decorated with the portrait of the deceased within a circular shield (clipeus). In the centre, two flying puttos hold a female portrait. Below it, on a low table, the masks of the New…

Statue of young Dionysus

Inv. Scu 268 The young god wears a nebris and a clamys: a fairly uncommon combination of clothes. The first one, fastened on the left shoulder, falls crossing on his chest and below on the right thigh, while the rest…

Female ideal head

Inv. Scu 665 The female head, looking down to left, is set on a male bust, not pertinent, which is clad in tunic and toga. The face is characterized by ideal features; the wavy hair, parted in the middle and…

Madonna and Child

Inv. Pc 195 This small devotional work had previously been attributed, without a real basis, to Carlo Cignani. The iconography of the Virgo Lactans (Madonna feeding the Child) goes back to early Christian art: particularly widespread during the Middle Ages…