Statue of a Roman General. 1st century BC, parian marble - This is most likely a statue of the owner of the house, portrayed here in heroic nudity. This was a Roman tradition which involved superimposing the portraits of Roman soldiers over the athletic bodies of ancient Greek heroes, in order to highlight the subject's virtues. There is a recess for a bracket on the statue's neck, suggesting that the portraied head was replaced and later irretrievably lost: perhaps the various generations of owners requested that the image be continuously updated - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
Statue of a Roman General. 1st century BC, parian marble - This is most likely a statue of the owner of the house, portrayed here in heroic nudity. This was a Roman tradition which involved superimposing the portraits of Roman soldiers over the athletic bodies of ancient Greek heroes, in order to highlight the subject's virtues. There is a recess for a bracket on the statue's neck, suggesting that the portraied head was replaced and later irretrievably lost: perhaps the various generations of owners requested that the image be continuously updated - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
Size: 3330px × 4995px
Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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