Inv. Scu 60 Statue of a young male god, standing, with his weight on his right leg and his left leg behind him. The figure is wearing a full cloak with wide hems, clasped with a buckle on his right…
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Marsyas hanging on a tree
Inv. Scu 1077 The monumental statue represents the silen Marsyas hanging on a tree, waiting to be flayed upon order by Apollo . The work stands out for the pathos expressed by the silen, seen both in the features of…
Statue of a Drunken Faun
Inv. Scu 657 It is one of the most famous statues of the Musei Capitolini. It depicts a faun, entirely nude with the exception of a nebris, or panther skin customarily worn by these mythological creatures. The skin is knotted…
Fragment of bell-shaped capital
Inv. Scu 25 The fragment, coinciding with the upper part of a bell-shaped capital carved with vegetal decoration, consists of three upper rows of Egyptian palmette leaves with long longitudinal ribbing. Papyrus-leafed capitals, often combined with lotus blossoms, were very…
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 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…
Statue of Pan
Inv. Scu 4 These two symmetric statues feature Pan, the Greek god of country life and nature, linked to the cult of Dionysus. The god, as usual, is depicted with goat-like legs, hooves and horns, while the upper part of…
Statue of hunter with portrait head
Inv. Scu 645 Statue of hunter, with portrait head. The personage is depicted completely naked. The statue rests on the left leg, the right leg is withdrawn and sideways. He is holding a long spear in his right hand; with…
Female Statue, called Juno Cesi
Inv. Scu 731 Over-life-size female statue, named after the collection that once housed it. The figure rests her weight on the left leg while stepping forward with her right. The head, slightly small in comparison to the body, is turned…
Statue of Athena
Inv. Scu 654 The sculpture depicts the goddess Athena (the equivalent of the Roman deity Minerva) in motion. The figure’s weight is carried on the slightly bent right leg. The left leg is rotated in the opposite direction and is…