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Lot Essay
The god of healing is depicted standing, wearing a voluminous himation draped over his left shoulder, leaving his muscular torso exposed. His left arm is enveloped by the garment, while his hand emerges – the fingers carefully delineated – resting on the thick folds of the drapery wrapped around his waist.
Among the many variations within the large corpus of Asclepius statues from the Roman Imperial period, the exposed left hand connects the present example to the Museo Nuovo type, which is thought to derive from a late Hellenistic prototype (see pp. 376-377 in A. Giuliano, ed., Museo Nazionale Romano: Le sculture, vol. I, pt. 8). The deep drill work on the drapery and the high surface polish of the exposed flesh on the present example argues for the suggested late 2nd to early 3rd century date.
Among the many variations within the large corpus of Asclepius statues from the Roman Imperial period, the exposed left hand connects the present example to the Museo Nuovo type, which is thought to derive from a late Hellenistic prototype (see pp. 376-377 in A. Giuliano, ed., Museo Nazionale Romano: Le sculture, vol. I, pt. 8). The deep drill work on the drapery and the high surface polish of the exposed flesh on the present example argues for the suggested late 2nd to early 3rd century date.