Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Head of an Aged Centaur
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 179
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Location Note:
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Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
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GPS:
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+41.896111+12.477222
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Date:
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Greek original; 2nd century BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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Asiatic marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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mythology (Classical); centaurs
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Description:
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Roman copy of a Greek Hellenistic original; purchased in Rome. This head, with its tortured expression, derives from a statue of an elderly centaur who had a little cupid perched on his back. The original work, created in the 2nd century BCE, was an allegory of the pangs of love that torment old age, in contrast to the amorous joys of youth (symbolized by a laughing young centaur). The best copies of these works are the gray marble sculptures signed by Aristeas and Papias of Aphrodisia, discovered at Hadrian’s Villa near Tivoli, and now at the Capitoline Museums. (Source: Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica [website]; http://www.museobarracco.it/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-R-MB-HOAC-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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