Fifth Room - Sculptures from Imperial Homes
Two copies
of the marvelous “Venus before the
bath” from
the original maybe in bronze of the second century BC by Doidalsas exhibited,
according to Pliny, in the Portico
d'Ottavia: one from Hadrian's
Villa at Tivoli, the best of many existing copies and one in Parian marble
found in 1913 in Via Palermo, near the Viminal
Palace
“It is in
the wake of the changes introduced by Lysippus and Praxiteles: it inherits from
the first the rhythm sought in the apparent instability, from the second the
delicate sensuality. Typical of Asia Minor, from which Doidalsas came, however,
is the full and prosperous softness” (Elena Calandra)
“Headless Ephebe” first century AD from the Villa of Nero in Subiaco maybe
a Niobid with traces of ganosis, the wax-like substance which was used
to imitate complexion
“Head of a Young Girl
Asleep”
first century AD from the Villa of Nero in Subiaco, maybe a dead Niobid
“Dancing Girl” from Hadrian's Villa
It's
amazing how a statue with most of the limbs missing would still be able to
express so intensely movement, sensuality, music and joy
“Statue of
Dionysus” and “Statue of Athena” of the Vescovali-Arezzo type from Hadrian’s
Villa
“Maiden of Anzio” third century BC in white Greek
marble of two different types of which the finer it is used for the flesh
“Figure of
intense expressiveness, caught in a complex pose, enriched with light and
shadow play, thoughtful and melancholy” (Carlo Bertelli, Giuliano Briganti,
Antonio Giuliano)
“The slender
figure must be connected to the school of Lysippus, while the overall approach
reminds of Praxiteles' compositional schemes. The twist of the figure shows
instead the beginning of Hellenism. On the other hand the use of two different
qualities of marble connects it to workshops of Asia Minor and also the
adoption of the heavy roll of folds around the waist is of Greek and Eastern
European origin” (Elena Calandra)
“Apollo of Anzio” mid-first century AD from an
original of the fourth century BC of the school of Praxiteles. It was found by
the Anzio-Ardea state road
“Headless amazon on
horse fighting a barbarian” Antonine period from Anzio. It is a copy of a Hellenistic original
“Head of an
Amazon” from Hadrian's Villa
“Headless
statue of Heracles” first century BC from the Villa of Voconio Pollio in
Ciampino from a Greek original of the fourth century BC
“Crater
with cranes and snakes” in Pentelic marble from Hadrian’s Villa
“Two heads of Apollo
Lyceus” from
the original by Praxiteles (about 395/326 BC)
“Apollo from the
Tiber”
neo-attic work in Parian marble
Sixth
Room - Statues from Gymnasiums
“Lancellotti Discus
Thrower”
found in 1781 in the Villa Palombara where Piazza Vittorio is today and kept in
Palazzo Lancellotti
It was
bought in 1939 by Hitler for 5 million lira and was taken to Munich. It was
retrieved after the war
Both
statues are copies from a bronze original of about 450 BC by Myron of
Eleutherae (about 500/about 440 BC)
“The body is
caught in the moment of its maximum tension. But the effort is not reflected in
the face, which expresses only a measured concentration of determination and
intelligence. Strong and harmonious the twisting of limbs, in a wheel
composition, with the gestural rhythm of the hands on which attention
inevitably focuses” (Carlo Bertelli, Giuliano Briganti, Antonio Giuliano)
“Ephebe of Monteverde” first half of the first century AD
“Three heads of
athletes”
from originals of Skopas, Polykleitos of Argos (about 490/about 425 BC) and
Lysippus
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