Satyr fighting a Giant - Rome, from the nymphaeum discovered at Porta S. Lorenzo. 1st century AD, copy of a Hellenistic prototype. Marble from Asia Minor - The strong facial expressions, exaggerated anatomical study of the struggling body, and refined stylistic rendering of the sculpture, are reminiscent of the frieze on the Pergamum Altar, although a parodistic version - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy

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Satyr fighting a Giant - Rome, from the nymphaeum discovered at Porta S. Lorenzo. 1st century AD, copy of a Hellenistic prototype. Marble from Asia Minor - The strong facial expressions, exaggerated anatomical study of the struggling body, and refined stylistic rendering of the sculpture, are reminiscent of the frieze on the Pergamum Altar, although a parodistic version - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy

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Size: 3344px × 5016px
Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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