En la pintura de Velázquez que representa una vista del jardín de la Villa Medici en Roma (P1211) se identifica en una logia la estatua de una figura yacente apenas esbozada por el artista. De la figu [+]
The image of Publius Aelius Hadrian (76-138 A. D.) did not change much during his rule (117-138 A. D.). This effigy shows him in his maturity, and can thus be dated between 130 and 138 A.D. Despite a [+]
This Roman herm, which was probably made to decorate a theatre, uses an image of Dionysus in the form of a mask, created between 425 and 400 B. C. in Athens. At that time, it was usual to hang these m [+]
A Roman copy of a Hellenistic original from around 150 B.C: considered the best version of the so-called "Marine Venus". The simplicity of her robes and the detailed analysis of her anatomy, which is [+]
The Roman copy of a late Hellenistic model (125-100 B. C.) which, on account of its relaxed posture, recalls Praxiteles’ art. The god, who is leaning on a herm, a distinctive feature of the late first [+]
The Roman copy of a herm of Hercules’s almost entire body from the middle of the Hellenistic era (170-160 B. C.). On account of his superhuman works, the hero was a model for the ancient philosophers [+]
A Roman copy of a Hellenistic original dating from around 280-250 B.C. In the fourth century B.C., Praxiteles created the first image of a nude Aphrodite emerging from the waves. This Aphrodite of Cni [+]
A Roman work datable from just after the death of Antinuous (130 A. D.), when his friend, the Emperor Hadrian, ordered that he be worshiped as a divinity. Thus, portraits of this young favorite became [+]
This Roman copy of a late Hellenistic eclectic sculpture (c. 100 B. C.) is based on several models: the body on the Narcissus of the School of Polyclitus (c. 400 B. C.) and the head on that of the Are [+]