Male torso
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Late 4th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Pietra tenera
Origin:
From Taranto
Inventory:
Inv. MB 149
Fragment made in Taranto for the decoration of tombs, made in a local stone called pietra tenera. The great ductility of the pietra tenera enabled the development of a local style that in some cases anticipated expressive trends (for example, “Pergamum Baroque”) typical of other periods and other centers of the Hellenistic world.
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.
