Sala delle Colombe

Male bust

Inv. Scu 363 Male bust, cut down at the chest. The portrait features a bearded man facing the viewer. The elongated face is characterized by small eyes with heavy eyelids; irises and pupils are incised. The high and balding forehead…

Female portrait

Inv. Scu 390 The portrait features a young woman with the head slightly turned to left; the draped, modern bust is cut down at the chest. The round face is characterized by wide, almond-shaped eyes with pupil and iris incised,…

Male bust

Inv. Scu 353 Male bust, cut off at the chest. The portrait features a young man with the head slightly turned to right. The rather bold face is characterized by slanting eyes, hooked nose, full, tight lips and receding chin.…

Female woman

Inv. Scu 401 The portrait features a young woman with the head slightly tilted to the right; the face is characterized by a smooth and relaxed complexion, slanting eyes with iris and pupil incised, brushy eyebrows and fleshy lips. The…

Male portrait

Inv. Scu 346 This portrait features a middle-aged man whose face, with pronounced cheekbones, is dominated by almond-shaped eyes with asymmetrical, arched eyebrows. The face is characterized by prominent nose, full and tight lips and receding chin. The hair is…

Female portrait

Inv. Scu 388 The portrait features a young woman with a round face; the wide eyes, with iris and pupil incised, are surmounted by brushy, almost continuous eyebrows; the nose is slightly hooked, the lips tight. The wavy hair, parted…

Male bust

Inv. Scu 348 Male bust, cut down at the chest. The head is briskly turned to left. The elongated face with prominent cheekbones is characterized by large, almond-shaped eyes, which are marked arched eyebrows, hooked nose and thin, slightly parted…

Male portrait

Inv. Scu 361 Male head set on a modern bust. The portrait features an elderly man with the head briskly turned to right. The rather frowned eyebrows and the eyes, wide-open and marked by deep sockets, bestow a scowling expression…

Female portrait

Inv. Scu 380 The portrait, set on a modern bust, features a young woman with the head slightly turned to right. The wide eyes, with irises and pupils incised, are surmounted by heavy eyelids and continuous eyebrows; the mouth is…

Herm of Athena

Inv. Scu 567 The herm features Athena; the goddess wears a close-fitting helmet decorated in the centre with a gorgoneion. The bust is clad with a thin chiton. The wavy hair, parted in the middle, is tied back on the…