The Palantine Nero is a head of the Emperor Nero. It is broken at the base of the neck. He has deep seated eyes, with what seems to be bags underneath. You can also notice his eyelids. His eyebrows are somewhat elevated and there is a…
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The Met Caracalla is a portrait head of emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus of the Severan dynasty. The head is square shaped and has a slight indentation at the chin. The sculpture is slightly damaged with sharp breaks…
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The pair statue of King Menkaure and the mysterious woman next him has raised a large amount of questions for many years. The deeply dark colored statue depicts the king standing in an upright striding position, beside a woman to his…
Description: The Mask of Agamemnon depicts the face of a male figure produced in hammered sheet gold. It is highly lustrous and appears to be thin and fragile as aluminum foil. The frontal face has distinctly male features including a full beard with…
The statue called Marcia Furnilla depicts a Roman matron in the guise of Venus. The figure has an elaborate hairstyle with a halo of curls framing her face. The remaining hair is divided into braids that are then twisted into a large…
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The portrait of “Livia as Ceres” depicts a standing female figure in contrapposto posture with the weight distributed on the left side of the body and the right knee softly bent. The right arm is bent at the elbow and extends forward;…
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The ‘Large Kneeling Statue of Hatsheput’ presents a large female figure kneeling atop a rectangular slab with a rounded front. She wears a nemes headdress of incised lines that wraps around her forehead and extends to her shoulders and…
Lanuvium Claudius
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The Lanuvium Claudius is a male figure standing on a flat, rectangular, two-tiered base. At 2.54 meters tall (8 feet 4 inches), it stands well over life size. He is standing barefoot in contrapposto, his left hip is…
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The portrait of “Lady Sennuwy” depicts a female figure seated on a stone block with her legs together and arms placed on her thighs. The right hand is clasped into a fist, holding a lotus blossom, the symbol of rebirth and the assurance…
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The portrait of “L’Arringatore,” alternatively titled “The Orator” and “Aule Metele,” depicts a standing male figure in the adlocutio pose of oratorical address with a gently tilted head and extended arm. The composition is frontal with…