| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1065 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF LUCIUS CAESAR | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1065 | |
| Old Number: | S-XXXX-1065B lapsed | |
| Description: | Nude youth, somewhat over life-sized; stands with weight on r. leg, l. foot forward and slightly turned out, l. leg slightly bent; r. arm at side; l. arm bent with forearm extended forward; head turned slightly to proper r; hair worn short with curling locks laid close to head; framing face are 3 locks curling to proper r. in center, to proper r. of these are 3 locks curling in towards them, to proper l. are 3 curling away; eyes horizontal and deep-set with prominent upper lid; straight mouth with full lips; mantle gathered in loop over l. shoulder, hanging down l. side of back, wrapped counter-clockwise around l. forearm, falling down side of body in stacked folds and over tree-support to proper l. Torso well-modelled in front; pubic hair rendered by small curls; r. hand closed around cylindrical object (staff? missing), held downwards; l. wrist and hand worked separately and dowelled to forearm, iron pin in place; back not carefully finished; rasp marks over much of body, especially around sides; flat or bull-nosed chisel on upper back; drill work in drapery folds; claw chisel on tree support; pointing boss (?) on l. elbow, second to l. on l. forearm; third boss or strut on l. upper arm. Plinth rounded in front, following contours of stance; flat or bull-nosed chisel on top, point on sides; cutting for hook clamp in top surface, center front. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble, with wide micaceus vein running down back | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Three joining frgts.; complete except for left wrist and hand, r. thumb and forefinger, top of nose, object held in r. hand; deep pitting in upper back | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H02.08 (total) H01.98 (figure) H00.10 (plinth) W00.23 (head) H00.305 (head) H00.20 (face) W00.045 (inner eyes) W00.29(nipples) W00.13 (foot) L00.31 (foot) W00.60 (plinth) | |
| Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Augustan or Claudian | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Context: | NB72 P137 | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 135; AJA 1921, p.144-57; Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art, p. 181; Balty, AntK 1977, p.104; Inan-Rosenbaum, p. 71, no. 3; Ridgeway 1981, Hesperia, p. 432; De Grazia, no. 11; Pollini; Corinth 20, 2003; Richter H. 2010, Plastik der Romischen Keiserzeit, p.296, s.23, Abb.26c. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Publication: Swift, American Journal of Archaeolog25:2... 1921b Monument: Julian Basilica Images (16) Basket: NB72 P137 |
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