Inv. Scu 56 The fragmented colossal statue, usually interpreted as a female figure, could actually depict Apollo Citharoedus and therefore be integrated with a cithara on its left arm. As a matter of fact, the Doric peplos, which is typical…
Palazzo Nuovo
Sphinx
Inv. Scu 33 The Sphinx, carved from a single block of red granite of Assuan, is depicted crouched with its front paws extended and its rear paws under its body. It is wearing the nemes which originally was combined with…
Statue of a Young Satyr
Inv. Scu 627 This statue represents a young satyr. He is shown nude with the exception of a nebris or panther skin that is tied upon his right shoulder and runs across his chest to drape his left shoulder and…
Married Couple Represented as Ares and Aphrodite
Inv. Scu 652 This statue group depicts the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina the Younger costumed as the Greek deities Ares (god of war) and Aphrodite (goddess of love). Scholars believe the statues were modeled after two famous…
Young Hercules with snakes
Inv. Scu 247 The statuette shows a child who, seated on the ground, is struggling with two snakes. The work is inspired by an episode from the life of the infant Hercules: enraged because of Zeus’s adultery with Alcmene, Hera…
“Flora”
Inv. Scu 743 Statue of a standing girl, resting her weight upon her left leg, while her right leg is slightly bent. She is wearing a chiton and a mantle, which drapes over her body. On her head is a…
Ideal female head
Inv. Scu 10 The colossal head is a copy made to replace the original that can no longer be displayed due to conservation issues; it was mounted with the original neck in a modern bust and also shows numerous modern…
Statue of a girl with a dove
Inv. Scu 738 The girl, clad in chiton and mantle, is standing, with the upper part of the body turned backwards; she holds a dove in her left hand, embosoming it, in a gesture of protection from a foe (now…
Statue of a Bacchante
Inv. Scu 39 Female statue wearing a long robe (peplos) with the hem falling on her shoulders (apoptygma) and short cloak (clamys). The head wears a small corn-ear wreath (made in plaster and product of restoration). Some attributes lead to…
Fragmented relief with depiction of Pharaoh Ramesses II
Inv. Scu 27 The statue in grey granite is preserved only in its lower half; depicted is a kneeling man wearing a tightly pleated ritual skirt (shendyt). The sculptural type is known as Naophoros for the figure (either deceased or…