A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF DIANA

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF DIANA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess standing with her weight on her right leg, her left knee bent, wearing a short sleeveless tunic belted below her breasts, the diaphanous fabric revealing her navel, a mantle originally draped over her akimbo left arm, her hand at her waist, with two fingers extended, her now-missing right arm originally held out and up, her quiver worn over her right shoulder
20½ in.(52.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, 25 February 1971, lot 255.

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Lot Essay

The present example is most similar to the Artemis Laphria type, an Antonine period adaptation of a 2nd century B.C. Hellenistic original. The placement of the left hand on the hip, the short chiton falling above the knee and the bloused drapery are especially reminiscent. However, in the present example, the right arm is raised above the shoulder, an uncharacteristic feature of the type. See for example no. 197 in Kahil, "Artemis" in LIMC.

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