Statue of Mattei-type 'Wounded Amazon'
This sculpture is a Roman copy from the first imperial period (10 BCE - 10 CE), of the famous 5th century BCE Wounded Amazon made by the Greek sculptor Phidias.
The woman wears a light chiton that covers only one shoulder and thus reveals her left breast. The figure is leaning on the right leg; the left is flexed so that only the toes touch the ground. The raised right arm is bent at a right angle above the woman’s head and her hand grips a bow, the arrows for which are carried in a quiver worn at her side. She's been restored - both arms, parts of both legs, her bow (and quiver?), have been replaced; but the head, while not original to this statue, is apparently from another ancient Amazon sculpture (attached after 1775).
It is either this statue or the Amazon by Sosikles (Capitoline Museums Scu 637) that was found on the Palatine Hill in Vigna Roncone and sold to the Cardinale Ippolito d’Este in 1570, and taken to the Villa d'Este in Tivoli. It was then bought in 1753 and eventually gifted to the Capitoline Museum by Benedict XIV in 1753.
Roman, a copy of a 5th c. BCE Greek original, ca. 10 BCE-10 CE. Marble (with traces of polychromy?).
Musei Capitolini, Rome (inv. Scu 733)
Statue of Mattei-type 'Wounded Amazon'
This sculpture is a Roman copy from the first imperial period (10 BCE - 10 CE), of the famous 5th century BCE Wounded Amazon made by the Greek sculptor Phidias.
The woman wears a light chiton that covers only one shoulder and thus reveals her left breast. The figure is leaning on the right leg; the left is flexed so that only the toes touch the ground. The raised right arm is bent at a right angle above the woman’s head and her hand grips a bow, the arrows for which are carried in a quiver worn at her side. She's been restored - both arms, parts of both legs, her bow (and quiver?), have been replaced; but the head, while not original to this statue, is apparently from another ancient Amazon sculpture (attached after 1775).
It is either this statue or the Amazon by Sosikles (Capitoline Museums Scu 637) that was found on the Palatine Hill in Vigna Roncone and sold to the Cardinale Ippolito d’Este in 1570, and taken to the Villa d'Este in Tivoli. It was then bought in 1753 and eventually gifted to the Capitoline Museum by Benedict XIV in 1753.
Roman, a copy of a 5th c. BCE Greek original, ca. 10 BCE-10 CE. Marble (with traces of polychromy?).
Musei Capitolini, Rome (inv. Scu 733)