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This is a Roman replica of a work by Praxiteles of between 340 and 330 B. C. It depicts a beautiful satyr whose features lack the grotesque elements characteristic of this semi-animal divinity. The bo [+]
This fragment of a Roman sarcophagus depicts the Titan, Prometheus, modelling a statue of a nude youth. Minerva touches its head with a butterfly (psyche in Greek, meaning soul), bringing it to life. [+]
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 satyr, whose half-animal nature is manifested in his pointed ears, horns and the tail on his back, bears a kid to a Dionysian festival. The sculpture is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original belo [+]
