Inv. Scu 38 The female statue wears a thin tunic (chiton) and a mantle (himation) also covering the head. The right hand holding the spool and the left hand grasping the folders of the mantle are modern restorations. The sculptural…
Palazzo Nuovo
Colossal portrait of a man
Inv. Scu 732 Over-life-size male portrait. The head is turned towards the left. He has wide eyes, full lips and sharply defined planes of the face that create a chiaroscuro effect (strong contrasts between places of light and dark). His…
Male bust
Inv. Scu 363 Male bust, cut down at the chest. The portrait features a bearded man facing the viewer. The elongated face is characterized by small eyes with heavy eyelids; irises and pupils are incised. The high and balding forehead…
Female portrait
Inv. Scu 390 The portrait features a young woman with the head slightly turned to left; the draped, modern bust is cut down at the chest. The round face is characterized by wide, almond-shaped eyes with pupil and iris incised,…
Male bust
Inv. Scu 353 Male bust, cut off at the chest. The portrait features a young man with the head slightly turned to right. The rather bold face is characterized by slanting eyes, hooked nose, full, tight lips and receding chin.…
Female woman
Inv. Scu 401 The portrait features a young woman with the head slightly tilted to the right; the face is characterized by a smooth and relaxed complexion, slanting eyes with iris and pupil incised, brushy eyebrows and fleshy lips. The…
Male portrait
Inv. Scu 346 This portrait features a middle-aged man whose face, with pronounced cheekbones, is dominated by almond-shaped eyes with asymmetrical, arched eyebrows. The face is characterized by prominent nose, full and tight lips and receding chin. The hair is…
Female portrait
Inv. Scu 388 The portrait features a young woman with a round face; the wide eyes, with iris and pupil incised, are surmounted by brushy, almost continuous eyebrows; the nose is slightly hooked, the lips tight. The wavy hair, parted…
Male bust
Inv. Scu 348 Male bust, cut down at the chest. The head is briskly turned to left. The elongated face with prominent cheekbones is characterized by large, almond-shaped eyes, which are marked arched eyebrows, hooked nose and thin, slightly parted…
Male portrait
Inv. Scu 361 Male head set on a modern bust. The portrait features an elderly man with the head briskly turned to right. The rather frowned eyebrows and the eyes, wide-open and marked by deep sockets, bestow a scowling expression…