Statuette
MS3466
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS3466 |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 1st century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Youth | Dancing Faun |
Description | White marble, painted. Naked youth. Missing: head, both arms, both feet. Weight on left leg, leaning against tree trunk. Right leg forward and straight. Right arm, to judge from position of point of attachment, raised high. Left arm attachment is level. Head was in one piece with the rest of the statue. Right leg broken above the knee and mended. Tree trunk broken below and mended. |
Height | 90 cm |
Width | 22 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15.5 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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