Wounded Niobid in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Wounded Niobid in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Detail of the Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa…
Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Marsyas Table Leg in the Getty Villa, June 2016
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Key with a Handle in the Form of a Dog in the Gett…
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Detail of the Bronze Roundel with Athena and 4 Ani…
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Roman Applique with Two Men in the Getty Villa, Ju…
Roman Applique with Two Men in the Getty Villa, Ju…
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Bust of a Woman from the Hadrianic Period in the G…
Bust of a Woman from the Hadrianic Period in the G…
Bust of a Woman from the Hadrianic Period in the G…
Bust of a Woman from the Hadrianic Period in the G…
Bust of a Woman from the Hadrianic Period in the G…
Bronze Head of a Man in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Bronze Head of a Man in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Bronze Head of a Man in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Bronze Head of a Man in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Bronze Head of a Man in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Bronze Head of a Man in the Getty Villa, June 2016
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Glass Ribbed Bowl with Blue and White Markings in…
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Detail of a Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant…
Detail of a Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant…
Detail of a Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant…
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Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant in the Gett…
Detail of a Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant…
Detail of a Sarcophagus Panel with a Wool Merchant…
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Gravestone of Demainete in the Getty Villa, June 2…
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Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
Detail of the Combat between Dares and Entellus Mo…
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Combat between Dares and Entellus Mosaic in the Ge…
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Incense Burner Supported by Nike in the Getty Vill…
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Red-Figure Lekythos Attributed to the Eucharydies…
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Wounded Niobid in the Getty Villa, June 2016
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Marble Bust of a Young Girl in the Getty Villa, Ju…
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Marble Bust of a Young Girl in the Getty Villa, Ju…
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Detail of a Kylix with a Flirtation Scene Attribut…
Detail of a Kylix with a Flirtation Scene Attribut…
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Two Strigils in the Getty Villa, June 2016
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Wounded Niobid in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Title: Statue of a Collapsing Niobid
Artist/Maker:Unknown
Date: A.D. 1–50
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 118 × 77 × 52.5 cm (46 7/16 × 30 5/16 × 20 11/16 in.)
Place: Italy (?) (Place Created)
Culture: Roman
Object Number: 72.AA.126
Alternate Titles: Wounded Niobid (Alternate Title)
Department: Antiquities
Classification: Sculpture
Object Type: Male figure
A youth falls to his knees struggling in vain to reach the arrow lodged in his back. Although large portions of the statue are now missing, it represents an excerpt from the slaughter of the Niobids, the children of Niobe. In Greek mythology, Niobe, a mortal woman, offended the goddess Leto by bragging that she had fourteen children whereas Leto had only two. Leto punished this offense by sending her children, the gods Apollo and Artemis, to kill all of Niobe's children. This life-size Roman statue copies one figure from a group of statues carved in Greece in the late 300s B.C. that depicted the entire myth. The original group was probably brought to Rome as booty by conquering Roman generals. This sculpture was very popular with the Romans, who reproduced the entire group, but also used single figure excerpts, like this statue, as decoration in villas. The unknown sculptor of this statue saved a great deal of marble and labor by carving the portions of the statue that stuck out--the arms and the right foot--from separate blocks of marble and attaching them with dowels. This original piecing process has been somewhat obscured by later, but still ancient, repairs and retouching of the statue.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SWM
Artist/Maker:Unknown
Date: A.D. 1–50
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 118 × 77 × 52.5 cm (46 7/16 × 30 5/16 × 20 11/16 in.)
Place: Italy (?) (Place Created)
Culture: Roman
Object Number: 72.AA.126
Alternate Titles: Wounded Niobid (Alternate Title)
Department: Antiquities
Classification: Sculpture
Object Type: Male figure
A youth falls to his knees struggling in vain to reach the arrow lodged in his back. Although large portions of the statue are now missing, it represents an excerpt from the slaughter of the Niobids, the children of Niobe. In Greek mythology, Niobe, a mortal woman, offended the goddess Leto by bragging that she had fourteen children whereas Leto had only two. Leto punished this offense by sending her children, the gods Apollo and Artemis, to kill all of Niobe's children. This life-size Roman statue copies one figure from a group of statues carved in Greece in the late 300s B.C. that depicted the entire myth. The original group was probably brought to Rome as booty by conquering Roman generals. This sculpture was very popular with the Romans, who reproduced the entire group, but also used single figure excerpts, like this statue, as decoration in villas. The unknown sculptor of this statue saved a great deal of marble and labor by carving the portions of the statue that stuck out--the arms and the right foot--from separate blocks of marble and attaching them with dowels. This original piecing process has been somewhat obscured by later, but still ancient, repairs and retouching of the statue.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SWM
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