Sculpture

MS3482

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3482
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Period Roman Period
Date Made 125 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Youth
Description

Torso of a youth. White marble, somewhat patinated. Naked. Preserved from just above the navel to upper thighs. On the left side there is a small pilaster from which depends drapery which covers the upper left thigh in the front and both buttocks in the back.

Height 20 cm
Width 24 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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