Sculpture
Statuette
| Object Number: | MS3469 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Italy Latium Lake Nemi |
| Period: | Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 125 BCE to 1 BCE |
| Early Date: | -125 |
| Late Date: | -1 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) Limestone |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Male Head Silenus |
| Height: | 19 cm |
| Width: | 10.9 cm |
| Depth: | 14.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
Description
Grayish marble. Much incrustation. Probably bald. Heavy beard and mustache. Mouth open. Eyes large and deep sunk. Half life-sized head of Silenos.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 136, no. 71 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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