Inv. Scu 279 Bust of young Marcus Aurelius, cut off under the chest and dressed in a tunic and military cloak (paludamentum). The portrait belongs to the so-called “first type”, known from about 25 copies and likely created right after…
Galleria (PN)
Statue of Athena
Inv. Scu 278 It is one of the numerous Roman copies of a statue of Athena made between the end of the 4th and 5th century BC, in which the goddess is wearing a long tunic (chiton) and a cloak;…
Statue of winged Psyche
Inv. Scu 287 Found in the series of sculptures of Florentine Niobids , due to a similarity to these statues and actually being a copy, for a long time this statue was believed to be a daugther of Niobe of…
Statue of Hercules fighting the Ceryneian Hind
Inv. Scu 236 The statue depicts young Hercules fighting with an animal that was probably the Ceryneian hind (a large mythical deer). During a restoration, the animal was resculpted as a hydra by Alessandro Algardi. The work is a Roman…