Young Centaur, Musei Capitolini MC656

Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy
Artist/Maker Aristeas and Papias of Aphrodisias

So-called “Young Centaur”: young centaur mocking Love's wounds (Eros missing). Grey-black marble, Roman copy after an Hellenistic original.
Dimensions H 1.56 m (5 ft. 1 ¼ in.)
Credit line From the Villa Adriana near Tivoli, 1736
Accession number MC 656
Location Palazzo Nuovo, first hall, great hall
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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