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…
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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…
Relief with barbarians kneeling before Marcus Aurelius
Inv. Scu 809 The relief together with the other two panels walled in Shelf I of the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, it depicts an episode in the life of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The work comes from the decoration…
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…
Fragment of relief with Dionysian Mysteries initiation scenes
Inv. Scu 2011 The fragmented relief shows a complex depiction arranged into two registers: in the upper scene, framed to the left by a leafy tree, there is a Muse holding a Silenic mask; on her left, there is a…
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…
Slab with relief of horse and ox
Inv. Scu 222 The slab, bordered on the upper part by a fillet, depicts a horse grazing in the foreground and an ox partly visible in the background. The quality of the marble, the presence of the upper fillet, the…
Fragmented relief with depiction of Pharaoh Ramesses II
Inv. Scu 27 The statue in grey granite is preserved only in its lower half; depicted is a kneeling man wearing a tightly pleated ritual skirt (shendyt). The sculptural type is known as Naophoros for the figure (either deceased or…