Marble torso of a man
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Marble torso of a man

Classification
sculpture / statue; statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 49.5 cm
Period
Roman Imperial Period
Material
marble analysis
Iconography
youth; ribbon
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
Inventory
50.1325
ID
Hyp-6914
References
Türr 1984, 164

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the torso was made of Parian (Paros-Marathi) or Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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