Modern portrait bust known as Scipio
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Modern portrait bust known as Scipio
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Published 2022-08-24T14:53:38+00:00
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Modern portrait bust known as Scipio. (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus)(Scipion l'Africain).
From the Giustiniani collection, early 17th century.
Basanite head on a reused porphyry bust .
From the Museo Torlonia (Torlonia Museum) founded in Rome by Prince Alessandro Torlonia in 1875 and dissolved in 1976.
The collection of marble and alabaster sculptures dating to the Roman Empire period has been described as the 'most important private museum of sculpture in the world'.
Rome, Italy. 2021.
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| Date published | 24/08/2022 |
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| Title | Modern portrait bust known as Scipio |
| Date | early 17th century |
| Accession | MT 346 |
| Medium | Basanite head |
| Place | Torlonia Collection |
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