Inv. Scu 1111 The statue represents an old woman who, leaning on a stick, carries a lamb under her right arm. The coat she is wearing, of a rather ordinary quality, heavily covers her left shoulder while leaving her breast…
Statue
Small female statue: Nymph
Inv. Scu 996 The upper part of the body of this small female figure is bare, while the legs are clad in a cloak. She is bending forward with her left leg raised and her left elbow resting on her…
Statue of a Muse
Inv. Scu 653 This sculpture represents a standing Muse, clad in a chiton with short sleeves and a cloak that passes over her left shoulder and under her right arm; she wears sandals on her feet, while three feathers adorn…
Statue of Aphrodite, so-called Capitoline Venus
Inv. Scu 409 The slightly larger-than-life statue depicts the goddess immediately before taking a bath. It is a late Hellenistic (2nd or 1st century BC) remaking of the famous and beloved statue of Aphrodite made by Praxiteles around 360 BC…
Statue of a seated man
Inv. Scu 262 The man, wearing a tunic, a cloak that falls on his legs and laced footwear (calcei), is holding a scroll and tablet in his hands; the pose is therefore one of an intellectual, according to a common…
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…
Statuette of Hermaphrodite holding Eros
Inv. Scu 370 Hermaphrodite, standing on the right leg with the left slightly bent, is completely naked except for the cloak that falls from the shoulders down below the knees; in the folds of the cloak the figure holds Eros…
Portrait of Faustina the Younger on a Statue of a Roman Goddess
Inv. Scu 632 Portrait of Faustina the Younger set on a statue of a female deity (Aphrodite or Hera / Juno) unlikely to have belonged with the head originally. The portrait of the empress is highly idealized, with a strong…
Statue of an Old Woman
Inv. Scu 640 The figure is totally unbalanced towards the right: her legs are both bent, her shoulders draw a diagonal line towards the right, her left arm is bent and holds the hem of the cloak, and her right…
Female statue with cornucopia
Inv. Scu 51 The figure is wearing a sleeved chiton, girt with a belt just below her breasts. Over the chiton the figure wears a cloak that falls from the left shoulder and covers the legs almost entirely. The statue…