1st century BC

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…

Fragment of relief with Lavinian sow

Inv. Scu 1891 Monumental relief, originally sculpted on superimposed marble blocks (about 2 m high), of which only the bottom part is preserved. It belonged probably to the decoration of a tomb. The figured relief, flanked by pilasters, is the…

Mosaic

Inv. Antcom 4948 The mosaic represents Orestes, naked except for a cloak on his shoulder and with is back turned facing his sister Iphigenia dressed in priestly clothes and holding a statuette is in front of him. The scene depicts…

Relief with Dancing Maenad

Inv. Scu 1094 The relief depicts a Maenad dancing under the influence of Dionysian inebriation. The woman is wearing a cloak moved by the impetuous dance and a tunic that leaves both breasts bare; she is holding a knife in…

Male portrait

Inv. Scu 565 The portrait features and elderly man with the head slightly turned to right; the head is adapted to a modern bust with a trapezoidal shape. The wrinkled forehead is high, with a receding hairline, the hair is…

Female statue

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,…

Statue of a seated Muse lacking the head

Inv. Scu 1824 The sculpture presents the image of a woman seated on a rock, identified as the Muse Calliope. The Muse, whose missing head was probably carved separately, most likely originally held a diptych in her left hand, the…

Fragment of relief with quadriga

Inv. Scu 958 Relief fragment of which a quadriga (four-horse chariot) and the final part of the drapery of a charioteer remain. On the base to the left, there is the nude left foot of a person that rests on…

Boy with Thorn

Inv. Scu 1186 Statue of a naked boy sitting on a rock pulling a thorn from his foot, known as Spinario. The bronze sculpture is usually identified with a young shepherd. Its head, body and rocky seat are cast together.…