CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE DIANA VENATRIX
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess of the hunt in motion to the left, her right leg in profile, the left leg and torso turned frontal, wearing high boots and a short, sleeveless, high-belted chiton, the belt knotted below her breasts, the diaphanous fabric revealing the form of her body, the overfold and hem billowing, a mantle draped over her left arm, her quiver over her right shoulder, her hunting dog running to the left behind her, with a hare along the left edge of the integral plinth
33½ in. (85 cm.) high

Provenance

with Merrin Gallery, New York, 1990.

Lot Essay

This version of Diana Venatrix is closely related in style to a marble in Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome (see no. 274 in Kahil, "Artemis" in LIMC). The type is thought to be based on a Hellenistic original. It is known in nearly thirty Roman copies, and may be associated with the Attalid dedications in Athens and Pergamon. For an Artemis of Rospigliosi type found in Pergamon, see p. 292 in Ridgway, Hellenistic Sculpture I, The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C..

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