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…
Palazzo Nuovo
Cynocephalus
Inv. Scu 2937 The statue, carved from a single block of grey marble (Bardiglio di Carrara), depicts a baboon (cynocephalus) seated with its fore paws legs resting on its knees; the sex is visible between the wide-apart rear legs. The…
Statuette of child Hercules
Inv. Scu 383 The child Hercules , with the lion skin covering the head and tied on the chest, rests on a club and stands with his weight on the right leg; the right hand is placed behind his back…
Statue of young Dionysus
Inv. Scu 268 The young god wears a nebris and a clamys: a fairly uncommon combination of clothes. The first one, fastened on the left shoulder, falls crossing on his chest and below on the right thigh, while the rest…
Torso of a man dressed in toga
Inv. Scu 2099 The statue lacks of head and arms, which, as testified by the cylindrical pivot housings, were most likely carved separately and then mounted; probably in white marble, they would have stood out chromatically from the red porphyry…
Sphinx of Pharaoh Amasis II
Inv. Scu 35 The sphinx, carved from a single block of brown basanite, with the body of lion and human head, is depicted as usual crouching with its front paws (now missing) stretched forward and its hind paws under its…
Helmeted Head
Inv. Scu 581 Male head, wearing a richly decorated Attic style helmet, with a star with fourteen points above the forehead and animals (lion, bull, sphinx and griffin) on the top and back. Between the animals runs an elegant floral…
Statue of Julia Domna
Inv. Scu 49 The statue of the Empress Julia Domna belongs to a portrait type known through about 40 examples. The Empress is wearing a long tunic and cloak that covers the figure from the head, where it serves as…
Colossal statue of Mars Ultor also known as Pyrrhus
Inv. Scu 58 The colossal statue depicts Mars Ultor, the god worshipped in the temple that dominated the forum of Augustus. The identification with Pyrrhus, the famous King of Epirus, was prevalent until the 18th century and was based on…
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…