Detail of Meleager statue

* Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original (by Skopas?)

* Pergamon museum, Berlin

Youthful Hero or God, Skopas, 1st-2nd century CE, HAM: Sculpture

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Mrs. K. G. T. Webster Size: H. 123 x W. 63 x D. 42 cm (48 7/16 x 24 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.) weight: 235.4169 kg (519 lbs.) Medium: Parian marble

Youthful Hero or God

This statue, from an ancient Roman villa on the coast north of Rome, was part of a sculptural program there that celebrated Greek culture. The figure’s forceful body, turned head, and emotional facial features recall works attributed to Skopas of Paros, a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BCE.

 As the object under the left armpit is most likely not a hunting spear, this statue probably depicts a different hero, or perhaps a god. It may be a Roman variant of a statue by Skopas, or a Roman work in the style of his time.

Roman statue depicting a mythic hero Meleager

* Killed Calydonian boar and was also one of the argonauts.

* Roman marble copy

* 1st-2nd century CE

* The Art Institute of Chicago

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/40593/statue-of-meleager

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Head from a Reversed Copy of the Skopasian Meleager, after a Greek original c. 340 BC, Skopas, c. 150 CE, HAM: Sculpture

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Van Rensselaer Fund for the Collection of Classical Antiquities Size: 33 cm h x 23 cm w x 25 cm d (13 x 9 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) Medium: Marble

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Head from a Reversed Copy of the Skopasian Meleager, after a Greek original c. 340 BC, Skopas, c. 150 CE, HAM: Sculpture

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Van Rensselaer Fund for the Collection of Classical Antiquities Size: 33 cm h x 23 cm w x 25 cm d (13 x 9 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) Medium: Marble