Draped female statue
The figure stands upright, with shoulders at the same level, the right foot slightly advanced, and the right knee slightly bent. She wears a thin chiton, and is covered almost to the ankles with a thick mantle, the ends of which are thrown over the left shoulder. The right arm, entirely covered, is bent, and the hand projects under the mantle, near the right breast. The left hand is free and is held forwards. The simple pose and the severe treatment of the mantle suggest early Greek types.
By comparison with a replica with unbroken head (now in Berlin), replica which is an undoubted Roman copy of a Greek original of the first half of the 5th century BC, this statue, dating to the 1st century BC, could be identified as 'Aspasia'. The Berlin 'Aspasia' has been attributed by Furtwangler to the Attic School 480-460 BC (Calamis).
The head, which is a female portrait of the early third century, looks slightly to left. The eyes have iris and pupil incised. The hair is parted in the center, carried down the sides with regular waves to the back, where it is twisted into a coil. The face has some likeness to the portraits of Orbiana, the wife of the emperor Severus Alexander.
Below, sarcophagus with the myth of Meleager and the Calydonian boar (2nd cent. AD).
Source: H. Stuart Jones, “The sculptures of the Museo Capitolino”
Pantelic marble statue, (head, Luni marble)
Height 191,5 cm
1st century BC
From Tempio della Concordia, Rome
Rome, Museo Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Atrio
Aspasia Orbiana Calamis Meleager Meleagro Atalanta Artemis Artemide Oineus Oineo Sarcofago Calydonian boar cinghiale Caledonio Sarcofago Sarcophagus art arte sculpture scultura Empire Romano Rome Roma Musei Capitolini “Palazzo Nuovo” Atrio
Draped female statue
The figure stands upright, with shoulders at the same level, the right foot slightly advanced, and the right knee slightly bent. She wears a thin chiton, and is covered almost to the ankles with a thick mantle, the ends of which are thrown over the left shoulder. The right arm, entirely covered, is bent, and the hand projects under the mantle, near the right breast. The left hand is free and is held forwards. The simple pose and the severe treatment of the mantle suggest early Greek types.
By comparison with a replica with unbroken head (now in Berlin), replica which is an undoubted Roman copy of a Greek original of the first half of the 5th century BC, this statue, dating to the 1st century BC, could be identified as 'Aspasia'. The Berlin 'Aspasia' has been attributed by Furtwangler to the Attic School 480-460 BC (Calamis).
The head, which is a female portrait of the early third century, looks slightly to left. The eyes have iris and pupil incised. The hair is parted in the center, carried down the sides with regular waves to the back, where it is twisted into a coil. The face has some likeness to the portraits of Orbiana, the wife of the emperor Severus Alexander.
Below, sarcophagus with the myth of Meleager and the Calydonian boar (2nd cent. AD).
Source: H. Stuart Jones, “The sculptures of the Museo Capitolino”
Pantelic marble statue, (head, Luni marble)
Height 191,5 cm
1st century BC
From Tempio della Concordia, Rome
Rome, Museo Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Atrio
Aspasia Orbiana Calamis Meleager Meleagro Atalanta Artemis Artemide Oineus Oineo Sarcofago Calydonian boar cinghiale Caledonio Sarcofago Sarcophagus art arte sculpture scultura Empire Romano Rome Roma Musei Capitolini “Palazzo Nuovo” Atrio