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Warrior of Capestrano
Ercole Curino
Heracles Epitrapezios
A statue of a civilian from Foruli
Statue of discophorus with head portrayed by Foruli
Statue of a character of military rank from Foruli
Zeus
Portrait by Alba Fucens
Male portrait by Alba Fucens
Osiris standing mummiform
Three-disc cuirass
Bronze fibula
Campovalano boots
Cooking pan
Be
Ring
Tables patronage di Amiternum
Bronze macaw
in Antef (n. 2)
in Antef (n. 1)
Face
Without title
Warrior of Capestrano
Ercole Curino
Heracles Epitrapezios
A statue of a civilian from Foruli
Statue of discophorus with head portrayed by Foruli
Statue of a character of military rank from Foruli
Zeus
Portrait by Alba Fucens
Male portrait by Alba Fucens
Osiris standing mummiform
Three-disc cuirass
Bronze fibula
Campovalano boots
Cooking pan
Be
Ring
Tables patronage di Amiternum
Bronze macaw
in Antef (n. 2)
in Antef (n. 1)
Face
Without title

Statue of a character of military rank from Foruli

Anonymous

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MANDA - National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj

MANDA - National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj

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The figure depicted, in ideal nudity , has a cloak gathered on the left shoulder that falls on the bent arm, while the right is raised.
The balteo that surrounds it emphasizes its belonging to the military class . The juxtaposition of a realistic face, anything but attractive and youthful, discordant with the naked body, powerful and vigorous , inspired instead by classical models, is a clear intention of political-propaganda self-affirmation. The sculptures in heroic nudity concerning characters belonging to the military class are widespread mainly from the post-Sillan period to the Augustan age. The iconographic scheme with policletei elements, according to the Hellenistic schemes, and the ideological message that we want to convey are due to a need for self-celebration of the local class of merchants, which it had acquired and re-proposed for its own clients. Most likely it is the same gens who built the building in which the statue was found and who celebrated their family members there.
From the middle of the II century a. C the process of formation of neo -attic culture comes to maturity due to the circulation of Attic artists in late republican Rome, which creates a figurative tradition based on a classicist vein where Hellenistic-Roman elements coexist.
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Title: Statue of a character of military rank from Foruli

Author: Anonymous

Date: s.d.

Technique: Marble statue

Displayed in: MANDA - National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj

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