Inv. Scu 806 The statue wears a long tunic (chiton) down to her feet and a cloak (himation). The latter wraps the body passing over the left shoulder and under the right arm. The head shows classical and idealized features,…
Palazzo dei Conservatori
Base Adorned with Four Greyhounds
Inv. Scu 2785 This beautifully wrought base is made of pentelic marble. It is square in shape and at each of its corners sits a sighthound. The bodies and tails of the dogs are done in relief – there heads…
Fragmentary relief with parts of a chariot
Inv. Scu 2004 A horse with its front legs raised, strutting to the right, appears in the relief’s foreground. The details of the muzzle, mane and of the tense muscles of the abdomen are carefully carved and convey an effect…
Esquiline Venus
Inv. Scu 1141 The statue, known as “Esquiline Venus” , represents the goddess girdling her hair with a strip of fabric. The figure appears without both arms as modern plaster integrations have been removed; the weight falls on the right…
Statue of a female character restored as a Muse
Inv. Scu 1126 The character wears a pleated peplum with wide and regular folds, fastened by a belt under her breast and a shawl folded under her armpits, which appears much more ample and fringed on the right shoulder. The…
Draped female statue
Inv. Scu 1122 The statue represents a young woman, standing, with her legs slightly apart, who wears a long chiton and a himation. This garment covers her left shoulder and enfolds her left arm and hand; then it drapes in…
Replica of the Diadumenos of Polycleitus
Inv. Scu 1878 The sculpture depicts an athlete who is tying a ribbon around his head after a victory in an athletic contest. The head and arms of the statue are missing; the left leg is entirely restored, as well…
Head of centaur
Inv. Scu 1137 The centaur’s head, larger than life-size, is raised and sharply turned to the left, with a violent torsion of the neck. The rendering of the beard and the hair, highlighted by a strong light-and-shadow effect, enhances the…
Upper part of a statue representing a woman
Inv. Scu 1125 Probably this female bust was part of a statue of a Muse. The character wears a peplum, under which an underwear garment is visible covering her arms; a goatskin, tied on her left shoulder, drops down under…
Torso of Dionysus
Inv. Scu 1113 Dionysus is depicted as a young man, in the god’s typical effeminate stance and with a languid, dreamy expression. His raised right arm is bent so that his hand rests delicately on his head, which is slightly…