Inv. Scu 817 Bust of the Emperor Hadrian depicted young and with the chubby face. Although it represents the Emperor’s first portrait type, it is already marked by some innovative features that will later become peculiar to Hadrian’s images: his…
Ripiano I (PC)
Bust of a man
Inv. Scu 814 Bust of a middle-aged man characterized by thick beard and moustache. His straight and voluminous hair covers part of his forehead, while his elongated and deeply set eyes have carved irises and pupils. His mouth has thin,…
Strigilated sarcophagus
Inv. Scu 821 This sarcophagus, of the so-called lenòs type (i.e.: in the shape of a tub), is decorated on the front by two series of spiralled fluting patterns converging towards the centre, where, in the upper half, they form…
Bust of uncertain identification
Inv. Scu 820 The character represented by this portrait has been tentatively recognized as Athena for the presence of the Corinthian helmet; however, the typical features of the face of this goddess seem not to comply with her iconography, while…
Female statue restored as Muse
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,…
Relief with barbarians kneeling before Marcus Aurelius
Inv. Scu 809 The relief together with the other two panels walled in Shelf I of the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, it depicts an episode in the life of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The work comes from the decoration…
Relief with Hadrian entering Rome
Inv. Scu 810 The relief represents Hadrian entering Rome, greeted by the personification of the city, dressed as an Amazon. In the image, Hadrian, wearing a toga, enters Rome surrounded by his body guards: to his right there is a…
Relief with the triumph of Marcus Aurelius
Inv. Scu 808 The relief comes from the decoration of a triumphal arch erected in AD 176 in the Roman Forum at the foot of the Capitoline Hill to celebrate the Emperor Marcus Aurelius’s victories over the Germanic peoples and…
Relief with Marcus Aurelius offering a sacrifice to Jupiter Capitoline (Pietas Augusti)
Inv. Scu 807 Together with the other two panels walled in Shelf I of the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, it depicts an episode in the life of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The relief comes from the decoration of a…
Draped female statue restored as Muse
Inv. Scu 811 Female statue restored as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, through the addition of a flute in her left hand (only a fragment is still visible today) and a theatre mask in her right. The shoes, at the feet…