ATRIUM OF
ANTONINUS PIUS
The “Statue of Antoninus Pius (138/161)” 140/147 restored in the seventeenth
century introduces the first part of the Ludovisi Collection
PASSAGE OF
PLUTUS AND ZEUS
Heads of “Pluto”
and “Zeus”
ROOM OF
PORTRAITS
“Julia” 90 AD
She was the
daughter of Emperor Titus (79/81) who offered her as wife to her uncle
Domitian, brother of Titus
He refused her
as he was enamored of Domitia Longina. Julia later married Titus Flavius
Sabinus
She had,
however, an affair with her uncle Domitian already at the time of her marriage
and Domitian, after the death of Titus and Flavius Sabinus, took Julia to live
with him as husband and wife
Julia died
pregnant and was deified. Notable in this portrait are the holes for earrings
“Matidia” 120 AD
The bust
dates back to the seventeenth century and it is made out of portasanta marble
She was the
daughter of Ulpia Marciana, the sister of Trajan (98/117) and mother of Sabina,
the wife of Hadrian (117/138)
Hadrian
transformed her into a goddess and even dedicated her a temple in 119. Such
unbelievable love for a mother-in-law
“Julius Caesar” sixteenth century
“Prince” of the Augustan period (27 BC/14)
The nose
arbitrarily restored gives a different aspect to this member of the
Julio-Claudian family
“Demosthenes” second century AD
Copy from
original by Polyeuktos pupil of Lysippus active in the third century BC
“Aristotle” Hadrian's period (117/138)
Copy of the
bronze original by Lysippus (about 370/300 a.C.) commissioned by Alexander the
Great
“Marcus Aurelius Ludovisi” with only the original Roman bust
of porphyry and seventeenth century bronze head inspired by the Capitoline Hill
Marcus Aurelius on horseback
This bust
enjoyed great popularity and was mentioned in many publications
ROOM OF THE
TOWER
Archaeological
excavations
Fragments
of Roman frescoes and artifacts of ceramic, glass and metals found here
ROOM OF THE
HERMS
“Two Apollo Citaredo” first or second century AD, both
restored in 1600 by Ippolito Buzio (1578/1659)
The head of
the Apollo with the higher lyre, sculpted by Buzio just like the other,
deceived Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717/78) who regarded it as the second
most beautiful of antiquity after the one of the Apollo of Belvedere
“Six Herms”
second century BC
“Decorative
Vase”
“Fountain
basin in ophite”
ENTRANCE
HALL OF THE RIARIO PALACE
“Aphrodite of Cnidus” from an original of the fourth
century BC by Praxiteles (about 395/326 BC)
The torso
is original, limbs and head were sculpted by Ippolito
Buzio
“Demeter”
HALL OF
ATHENA ALGARDI
“Athena” or maybe Igea, restored by Alessandro Algardi (1598/1654)
HALL OF
ATHENA PARTHENOS
“Athena Parthenos” I century BC with arms restored, signed by the
Athenian Antiochus
ROOM OF
SARCOPHAGI
Fake
wallpaper of a medieval house
“Dionysiac
Sarcophagus”
Two seated
statues: “Muse” and “Female statue called Nymph”
RIARIO ROOM
“Veneziani Maenad” restored with a not relevant ancient head
It was
found in 1777 at Tor Tre Teste near Via Prenestina. It belonged to an English
nobleman
It has
recently passed to the Italian state from the Veneziani family as payment “in
kind” of inheritance tax
HALL OF
ULYSSES AND POLYPHEMUS
“Fragmented
relief with Ulysses”
In the
center “Herculean Torso”
HALL OF
DIONYSUS AND SATYR WITH A PANTHER
“Dionysus and Satyr with a panther” second century AD
It was found
in the sixteenth century in the Baths of Constantine on
Quirinal Hill. Restored in the seventeenth century
NORTH
PORTICO
“Colossal statue of the Dacian” in yellow marble from Tunisia with
restoration parts in black marble
“Modesty” republican funerary statue
Altars and
sarcophagi lids
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