Group with Asklepius and Hygieia
Marble.Roman copy from the time of Hadrian after a late Hellenistic original. Inv. No. 571.Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of statues, 33Photo by Olga Lyubimova
Group with Asklepius and Hygieia.
Marble.
Roman copy from the time of Hadrian after a late Hellenistic original.
Roman copy from the time of Hadrian after a late Hellenistic original.
Inv. No. 571.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of statues, 33
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Galleria delle statue, 33).
Origin:
Found in fragments in the area of the ancient forum at Palestrina.
Description:
The work was restored by Gaspare Sibilla who sculpted the head of Hygieia and inserted the antique but not matching head of Asklepius. The group, derived from a Late Hellenistic original, was created during the time of Hadrian, re-using an architectinic element.
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