Amazon on horseback
Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 6405.Naples, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Amazon on horseback.

Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 6405.

Naples, National Archaeological Museum
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale).

Private collection, Farnese.
Origin:
From the Farnese collection.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Info: museum annotation (Inv. number is wrongly specified as 6407 on the museum label).
The number was corrected here after:
1) Le Collezioni del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. I, 2, p. 178, cat. no. 2. 168. De Luca Edizioni D’Arte — Leonardo, Napoli, 1989;
2) Le sculture Farnese. I. Le sculture ideale. Electa, Verona, 2009. P. 177, cat. no. 82.
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