Inv. Scu 264 The statue, depicting a woman seated on a stool with a high pillow, most likely had a funerary use. The typological scheme, with the right elbow resting on the left wrist, corresponds to the so-called “Pudicitia” type,…
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Statue of Hercules fighting the Ceryneian Hind
Inv. Scu 236 The statue depicts Hercules, here shown as a young man, fighting a hydra with snake-heads emerging from a feline body. The only ancient part of the sculpture, however, is the torso of Hercules; the monster, in fact,…
Bust of Faustina the Younger
Inv. Scu 250 The portrait features the empress Faustina the Younger, wife of Marcus Aurelius; the bust, cut down just below the breast, is clad in tunic and mantle. The hair is combed in wavy locks, parted at centre, drawn…
Fragment of a leg of Hercules fighting the Hydra
Inv. Scu 237 The fragment originally belonged to a colossal statue feautring Hercules fighting the Lernaean Hydra. The monster’s serpent-shaped body is crowned by a female head with the mouth open in agony and the hair consisting of snakeheads; small…
Statue of Leda with the swan
Inv. Scu 302 The statue represents young Leda holding in her lap Zeus, in the form of a swan. The representation could be a modification of the 4th century BC group attributed to Timotheos and found in many copies of…
Torso of a Discobolus
Inv. Scu 241 Only the torso of this remarkable and very famous statue is ancient and it seems to be an excellent remaking of the Discobolus that the Greek sculptor Myron made in 460 BC. The identification with a wounded…
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…
Drunk old woman
Inv. Scu 299 The sculpture, reassembled from fragments and heavily supplemented, depicts an old woman tightly clutching a wine vase. The work falls within the category of Hellenistic representations of people with vices who are depicted in their degraded daily…
Portrait of Antinous
Inv. Scu 294 Portait of Antinous cut slightly under the joint of the neck, probably belonging to a full figure statue. This is the main type of portrait with the laurel wreath. The face, turned to the left, is characterized…
Statue of Selene
Inv. Scu 256 The statue has been identified with Selene, due to the presence of the crescent moon on her head and the torch in her right hand, attributes characteristic of the goddess. The goddess (personification of the Moon) is…