AMAZON Statuette, "Sterbende Amazone"

• AMAZON Statuette:
"Sterbende Amazone"
Roman, Marble,
Mid-2nd AD,
[From Virunum, Zollfeld, Austria]
H=72cm
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"The Amazon was acquired in 1824 from the collection of the Viennese ophthalmologist Joseph Barth, without specifying where it was found.
A fragment found during excavations in Virunum [1903], which is certainly related but unfortunately does not match, proves the origin of the Amazon - the provincial capital Noricum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunum].
It is a fragment of the left thigh with a wound oozing drops of blood.
The Amazon, dressed in a short belted chiton and a small cap, tilts her head to the side of her wound with her eyes half-closed.
Archaic stylistic forms, such as the folds of the chiton, which are reminiscent of late archaic Greek kores, or the hairstyle with the wreath of fine forelocks stand in striking contrast to the increased physicality and emotional excitement of the statuette.
It is a masterpiece from the mid-2nd century.
In the 1st century BC in Virunum there was a school of sculpture ["Masters Before Virunum"], to which a number of larger-than-life statues made of local marble are attributed."
[ Text ©KHMV ]
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