Inv. Scu 1897 Sarcophagus front carved with figures that take up the entire field available. The composition depicts an episode of the myth of Meleager and the hunt of the Calydonian boar; particularly popular in the mid imperial period, the…
2nd century AD
Statue of Artemis
Inv. Scu 644 The goddess Artemis is wearing a light sleeveless chiton and sandals. The posture and the treatment of the draping are a variation of the Artemis at the Vatican, a type which is usually attributed to the sculptor…
Statue of a wounded Amazon
Inv. Scu 651 Known as the “Capitoline type” Amazon and found in about almost thirty copies, this representation of an Amazon is also called the “Sosikles type” due to the signature in Greek letters affixed on the support of the…
Statue of a Young Satyr
Inv. Scu 627 This statue represents a young satyr. He is shown nude with the exception of a nebris or panther skin that is tied upon his right shoulder and runs across his chest to drape his left shoulder and…
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…
Relief with the triumph of Marcus Aurelius
Inv. Scu 808 The relief comes from the decoration of a triumphal arch erected in AD 176 in the Roman Forum at the foot of the Capitoline Hill to celebrate the Emperor Marcus Aurelius’s victories over the Germanic peoples and…
Draped female statue restored as Muse
Inv. Scu 811 Female statue restored as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, through the addition of a flute in her left hand (only a fragment is still visible today) and a theatre mask in her right. The shoes, at the feet…
Large bell-shaped vase (krater)
Inv. Scu 29 This krater represents an exceptional case in the production of Roman Egyptianizing works of art: on the one hand in fact, depictions and content are typically Egyptian; on the other, shape and decoration refer to more proper…
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…