He is antinous a favorite of emperor hadrian it was found at the hadrian s villa tivoli modern day italy.
Marble statue of antinuous from tivoli.
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The statue unearthed in 1740 at the casino michili may instead have come from this area of worship where the image of antinous would have been associated with other egyptian deities.
A fine statuary always characterized by the idealized beauty and sofistication of this young man made god.
He was drowned in the river nile during an imperial visit to egypt in a d.
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2 it was bought before 1733 by alessandro cardinal albani.
It was bought before 1733 by alessandro cardinal albani.
This marble statue depicts a standing striding man with an egyptianized style.
The capitoline antinous is a marble statue of a young nude male found at hadrian s villa tivoli during the time when conte giuseppe fede was undertaking the earliest concerted excavations there.
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Hadrian founded the city of antinoopolis in his memory and the antinous cult spread throughout the empire.
Taking a closer look at the statue the head of young antinous is tilted to the side like he is in a state of reflection.
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To contemporaries it seemed to be the real attraction of his collection.
Roman period circa 135 ce state museum of egyptian art munich germany.
Donated to pope benedict xiv the statue was placed in the capitoline museum in 1742.
A large antineion flanked the entrance of hadrian s enormous villa at tivoli and was likely the source for many of the egyptian and egyptianizing.
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The statue was bought by pope clement xii in 1733 and went on to.
Deified by emperor hadrian after his death many examples of antinous sculpture has been preserved until today.
Its idealized characteristics as well as the intense polishing of its marble surface with a special oil which helped it survive gleaming and in excellent condition is indicative of the time of radical hadrian.
The capitoline antinous is a marble statue of a young nude male found at hadrian s villa tivoli 1 during the time when conte giuseppe fede was undertaking the earliest concerted excavations there.
Hadrian s villa villa adriana in italian is a large roman archaeological complex at tivoli italy a unesco world heritage site it is the property of the republic of italy and has been directed and run by the polo museale del lazio since december 2014.
3 to contemporaries it seemed to be the real attraction.