HEADS | Roman | Palazzo Massimo

• HEADS | Roman | Palazzo Massimo:
👉 Pic 1. Left to Right:
- ANTINOUS [Bithynian favoured by the emperor Hadrian],
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous
130-138 AD, Late Hadrianic period,
Medium grained white marble
[from Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Lazio].
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- AMAZON [Mattei type],
Roman copy of a Greek original by Phidias,
Hadrianic period [117-138 AD],
Parian marble
[from Villa Adriana, Tivoli, 1928].
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- HYPNOS [a personification of],
May derive from a late Hellenistic model of the 2nd-half 2 BC,
Hadrianic period [117-138 AD],
Fine grained white marble
[from Villa Adriana, Tivoli, 1928].
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- FEMALE DEITY [a separately-made head for a statue],
Roman interpretation of a Greek Severe Style models,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_style
Hadrianic period [117-138 AD],
Pentelic marble
[from Villa Adriana, Tivoli, 1892].
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- FEMALE DEITY [a separately-made head for a statue],
"Reminiscent of Greek models of the Attic school ca 460 BC",
Hadrianic period [117-138 AD],
Fine grained white marble
[from Villa Adriana, Tivoli, 1927].
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👉 Pic 2. Close-up of the Amazon's Head:
"The head belongs to a group of Roman copies of a model generally attributed to Phidias" [Sanctuary of Artemis at Ephesos]:
Amazon Mattei type from Cryptoporticus between the Libraries and the Stadium of Villa Adriana in Tivoli [Lazio],
https://villae.cultura.gov.it/en
Found in 1928,
Hadrianic period [117-138 AD],
Parian marble
[Txt ©MNR PM].
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📸 Part of the "HEADS.Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:
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