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From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Youthful Hero or God Good. Greek Poses, Hellenistic Sculpture, Roman Sculptures, History Wallpaper, Classical Sculpture, Mediterranean Art, Ancient Greek Sculpture, Harvard Art Museum, Roman Statue

This statue, from an ancient Roman villa on the coast north of Rome, was part of a sculptural program there that celebrated Greek culture, displaying the sophisticated taste of the wealthy villa owner. The figure’s forceful body, turned head, and emotional facial features recall works attributed to Skopas of Paros, a Greek sculptor of the fourth century BCE. Similar statues, also associated with Skopas, represent the mythical hunter Meleager with boar’s head trophy and dog. As the object…

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