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Portrait statue of a philosopher

    • Data:
      Early Antonine Age
    • Materiali:
      White marble
    • Dimensioni:
      height 187 cm
    • Collocazione:
      Rome, Musei Capitolini
    • Inventario:
      inv. MC 737
  • Portrait statue of a philosopher

Found in the Villa of the Antonines in Lanuvium and renowned in Antiquity, this statue portrays an elderly barefoot man dressed only in a heavy cloak. The figure has been identified as a Cynic philosopher.