Barberini toga-wearing statue
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Last decade of the Ist century BC.; head (not original): mid Ist century BC
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 165
Inventory:
MC2392
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
In a long gallery are hung a series of portraits dating to the Ist century BC, giving the likenesses of individuals from the various social classes.
Branded slaves and members of the plebian classes are shown alone or in family groups in the funerary reliefs carved on the faces of the tombs, while the statue of the so-called “ Barberini wearing a toga” supporting the images of ancestors reflects its patrican family origins.
