Statue

MS3480

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3480
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Period Late Republican Roman Period
Date Made 125 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Female Torso
Description

Mid-section of a small female statue. Off white marble. Preserved from base of neck to lower body. Arms, shoulders and neck and head were added seperately. Garment with many vertical folds girt below the breasts. At right side heavy vertical folds falling in an angular pattern. Back unfinished, with pick marks; a broad unfinished panel down the center of the back.

Height 21 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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