Inv. Scu 653 This sculpture represents a standing Muse, clad in a chiton with short sleeves and a cloak that passes over her left shoulder and under her right arm; she wears sandals on her feet, while three feathers adorn…
Palazzo Nuovo
Sarcophagus battle scenes between Greeks and Amazons
Inv. Scu 726 The sarcophagus shows the representation of a battle between Amazons and armed warriors, maybe Greeks, and armed men, perhaps Greek warriors, which can be referred to the episode of the Amazons’ invasion of the Attica region. The…
Statue of Aphrodite, so-called Capitoline Venus
Inv. Scu 409 The slightly larger-than-life statue depicts the goddess immediately before taking a bath. It is a late Hellenistic (2nd or 1st century BC) remaking of the famous and beloved statue of Aphrodite made by Praxiteles around 360 BC…
Egyptian column with figured frieze
Inv. Scu 12 The column in granite from Elba, originally with base and capital in white marble worked separately, is essentially equal in type and carved decoration to the other two columns displayed in the Courtyard of Palazzo Nuovo. The…
Statue of a seated man
Inv. Scu 262 The man, wearing a tunic, a cloak that falls on his legs and laced footwear (calcei), is holding a scroll and tablet in his hands; the pose is therefore one of an intellectual, according to a common…
Child Statue of Hercules
Inv. Scu 1016 This monumental statue represents the hero Hercules as a child and is made of basalt. The god is shown nude with the exception of the iconographic lion skin worn over his head. The legs and paws of…
Fragment of bell-shaped capital
Inv. Scu 25 The fragment, coinciding with the upper part of a bell-shaped capital carved with vegetal decoration, consists of three upper rows of Egyptian palmette leaves with long longitudinal ribbing. Papyrus-leafed capitals, often combined with lotus blossoms, were very…
Statue of Pothos, restored as Apollo Citharoedus
Inv. Scu 649 Replica of Skopas’ Pothos, later restored as Apollo Citharoedus : the addition of the large cithara on the right reinterprets the figure as Apollo. The figure of the young man appears constructed on the base of the…
Colossal Statue of Apollo Citharoedus
Inv. Scu 628 The god Apollo is represented naked, with the exception of a himation (cloak) that falls in full-bodied folds and covers the lower half of the figure. The figure carries its weight on the right leg, while stepping…
Female statue of the so-called Aspasia type
Inv. Scu 46 Parian marble statue made according to the type known as Aspasia in the Roman period, especially as the base of portrait heads. The type was made in Campanian area already in the 1st century BC, even if…