Inv. Scu 24 The crocodile, resting on a plinth, is carved from a single block of pink granite and is depicted with great naturalism. The crocodile is the incarnation of Sobek, the Egyptian god associated with the waters and floods…
From Rome
Group of Love and Psyche
Inv. Scu 408 Group of Love and Psyche wound in a tight embrace and kissing each other. The weight of both figures rests on their internal leg, while a marked rotation of their bust allows them to embrace each other.…
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 The statue rests on the left leg, the right leg is withdrawn and sideways.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…
Colossal Head of Constantine
Inv. Scu 1072 The Lateran was the original home to the Papal art collection before the building of the Vatican Palace during the Renaissance. Alongside the head was the fragment of a bronze hand and partial forearm, as well as…
Statue of a hero
Inv. Scu 988 The statue represents a hero while getting on a chariot and it belonged to a group with chariot and horse. The reconstruction shows the young hero while getting on a chariot and holding the reins with his…
Statue of Faun
Female statue, so-called Aspasia Type
Inv. Scu 41 Marble statue made according to the type known as Aspasia and very popular in the Roman period, especially as the base of portrait heads. The female statue, in tunic and cloak, is characterized by the extreme rigidity…
Sarcophagus with portrait of the deceased
Inv. Scu 1894 Front of a sarcophagus decorated with the portrait of the deceased within a circular shield (clipeus). In the centre, two flying puttos hold a female portrait. Below it, on a low table, the masks of the New…
Female herma
Inv. Scu 1096 The Neo-Attic style herma shows the head carved in the style of the Korai of the Acropolis of Athens and wears a long tunic (underchiton and a Doric chiton with kolpos, the blousing of the chiton above…
Statue of Pothos, restored as Apollo Citharoedus
Inv. Scu 649 Replica of Skopas’ Pothos, later restored as Apollo Citharoedus : the addition of the large cithara on the right reinterprets the figure as Apollo. The figure of the young man appears constructed on the base of the…