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Casino Aurora. Garden at night. Colossal male head on modern bust
Unknown100-300 CE
Archivio Boncompagni Ludovisi
Rome, Italy
The head is a Roman copy of a Greek original, depicting a male divinity (Zeus, Poseidon or Asclepius); in the Villa Ludovisi it seems originally to have adorned the small shrine that housed the Grand Battle Sarcophagus
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Details
- Title: Casino Aurora. Garden at night. Colossal male head on modern bust
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 100-300 CE
- Location: Rome Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 66cm w x 95cm h
- Provenance: Collection of HSH Prince Nicolò and HSH Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi, Rome
- Type: bust
- External Link: https://storage.cloud.google.com/collection-08b0bc1d-774e22c5/BL_00259_VA_GARDEN.tif
- Medium: White marble
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