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Kleomeles (signed)
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English: Back of a statue of Marcellus, formerly known as “Germanicus”, of the Hermes Ludovisi type. Greek marble, Roman artwork of the 1st century CE, after a 5th century BC prototype with substitution of a Roman portrait head.
Français : Dos de la statue de Marcellus précédemment identifiée comme « Germanicus », du type d'Hermès Ludovisi. Marbre grec, œuvre romaine du Ier siècle ap. J.-C. d'après un type grec du Ve siècle av. J.-C., avec substitution d'un portrait romain.
Dimensions H. 1.8 m (5 ft. 10 ¾ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon wing, ground floor, room 23
Accession number
Ma 1207 (MR 315)
Credit line From the villa of Pope Sixtus V in the Esquiline Hill, then the Villa Montalto-Negroni; purchased by Louis XIV in 1664 and installed in the gardens of Versailles; transfered to the Napoleon Museum in 1802
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2007)
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