THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Portraiture | Greek figures | Solon (c. 630 β€” c. 560 BCE), Greek statesman and poet
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait bust of Sophocles on a herm (known as Solon).
Pentelic marble.
The head and the bust are of different ancient statues.
1stβ€”2nd cent. CE, Roman work.
Inv. No. 377.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Asclepius.
Transparent marble of average granularity, carrara marble in the restored parts.
Roman copy.
Inv. No. 369713.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Male herm.
Greek penthelic marble.
Roman copy from the late 1st cent. CE of a Greek original of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 107503.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Male herm.
Greek penthelic marble.
Roman copy from the late 1st cent. CE of a Greek original of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 107503.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.