Statue of a young centaur Nessus with pedum and animal pelt, by a sculptor from Aphrodisias. Syrinx and thyrsos on the supporting column. From the Villa Adriana, now in the Capitoline Museums. Centauri statua vetus marmorea. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from Copperplates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome, Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma, engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella, published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

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