Statue
MS3479
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS3479 |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 125 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Female Torso | Diana |
Description | Marble, off white. Female figure, draped. preserved from level of shoulders to level of knees. Arms, head, upper back missing, once attached seperately. Luce stated that there are dowel holes for the attachment of the missing legs. She wears a chiton, girt beneath the breasts. Over this a mantle is slung, draped diagonally across the upper back and over the left shoulder. It is girt in a heavy fold around mid-body and falls in an irregular line to the upper thighs. Left arm drawn back. Large finished area at upper back. |
Height | 37.2 cm |
Width | 15.2 cm |
Depth | 12.7 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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