1477, Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana, Lo Scasato

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Record number: 1477
Site: Falerii Veteres/Civita Castellana
Building or zone: Lo Scasato
Position: Pediment
Roof element: Pedimental sculpture
Comparanda: Portraits of Alexander the Great. Head from Collatia: Quilici 1974, p. 216, fig. 422. Ardea (Casalinaccio): Ardea 1983
Remarks: Upper torso & head of nude, Young male with thick strands of long wavy hair, bending forward at waist (probably seated) with head turned towards his right shoulder. Hollow, handmade
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, pp. 125-126, No. I:1, Pl. 46:149; Helbig4 III, pp. 714-715, No. 2804; Proietti 1980, p. 252, fig. 348; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983 pp. 147-148, pls. 240 & 241; LIMC II 1984, pp. 352 n. 125 & 360 s.v. Aplu; Massa Pairault 1985, pp. 120-122; Rasenna, p. 661; Comella 1993c, pp. 98-104 G1, pl. 32a-b
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples
Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier
Il Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Le terrecotte architettoniche del santuario dello Scasato à Falerii (scavi 1886-1887)
Rasenna. Storia e civiltà degli Etruschi
Recherches sur l'art et l'artisanat étrusco-italiques é l'epoque hellénistique
The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture
Type of decoration: Nude male torso & head with long, wavy hair (Apollo?)
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 2670
Mouldmade: no
Height: 55.5
Width: 37.5
MPD: 26
Clay: 10YR 7/3
Paint: Red-brown skin 7.5YR 4/4, purple-brown 10R 3/2 hair including waves on face, eyebrows & pupils, White eyeballs
Condition: Cut off across hips, missing right arm & left forearm
Height head: 14.9
Height face: 13.3
Distance outer eyes: 6.5
Width nose bottom: 2.3
Width mouth: 3.3

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