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MM 1980:002 :: sculpture

Object description: Torso of a man, dressed in a himation leaving chest and right shoulder bare, and falling in long, deeply drilled folds across the body. Weight is on the left leg, right leg is slightly bent. Left arm is bent and the hand is holding part of the drapery. The now mostly missing, right arm, was fully worked in the round. Nearly flat back, only summarily carved with some shallow, diagonal and vertical folds. Coarse-grained, white marble.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

MM 1980:002

Serie nummer

Object

Object, Swedish

Material

Material, Swedish

Marmor

Acquisition

Acquired at Max Willborg, Stockholm.

Description

Torso of a man, dressed in a himation leaving chest and right shoulder bare, and falling in long, deeply drilled folds across the body. Weight is on the left leg, right leg is slightly bent. Left arm is bent and the hand is holding part of the drapery. The now mostly missing, right arm, was fully worked in the round. Nearly flat back, only summarily carved with some shallow, diagonal and vertical folds. Coarse-grained, white marble.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1st century BC

Exhibition - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom

Description: You will find parts of the Greek and Roman collections along one side of the central hall. One section highlights the ancient mythology. Below are pottery and sculpture with motifs taken from the Greek myths, such as the deities Athena, Apollo and Artemis, and the heroes Achilles, Heracles, Orpheus and exciting adventures. Also the symposium, the Greek men's drinking, is depicted in a booth . Here you will find all the different parts of tableware and many images of Dionysos , the god of wine.
In lapidariet, the center hall stone gallery, you are face to face with the marble portraits of Roman emperors and individuals, as well as reliefs and altars for worship and remembrance of the deceased. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate)

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom - Lapidariet

Comments

Examined by Prof. P. Zanker, Munich.

NegNo

3907D.

Publications

-Leander Touati, A-M., ‘A Torso of a Man Draped in a Himation’, MedMus Bulletin, 17, 1982, 51-58.

-Linfert, A., ‘Zusammenfügung des Reliefs Stockholm-Würzburg’ AA, 1995, 536-537.

-Styrenius, C-G., Medelhavsmuseet, RAÄ och SHM Årsbok 1979-80, no. 5, 68-69.

-Styrenius, C-G., ‘Activities 1979-1980’, MedMus Bulletin 15, 1980, 98.

Reference - Published in

Leander-Touati, Anne-Marie (1982) "A Torso of a Man Draped in a Himation" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 17 (1982) p. 51-58.

Source - http: books.google.se, libris.kb.se

Height / Höjd

95 cm

Width / Bredd

62 cm

Condition

Head, right arm from above the elbow and legs from above the knees missing. Mended. Remains of iron rods mounted in lead. Chipped. Weathered.

Original register

GreekRoman

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