Headless statuette of a deity
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Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Roman copy of an archaistic original
Material and technique:
Luni marble
Origin:
Purchased in Rome
Inventory:
Inv. MB 87
The outstanding statuette of a deity derives from archaistic models created in the second century B.C.; the lack of attributes prevents an exact identification of the figure, which is dressed in a long chiton made of heavy shirred cloth covered by a himation arranged crosswise, so that as it falls it forms a series of decorative zigzagging folds.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
These two little rooms display fine copies of Greek sculptures from the early Hellenistic period, together with a number of archaic works.