Bronze statue of the so-called ‘Hellenistic Prince’

            This larger than life-size Greek bronze statue was found in 1885 on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, along with the ‘Terme Boxer’ bronze. It depicts a powerfully muscled naked young man with a light beard (closeup seen here), reclining on a spear in an intentional copy of Lysippos’ statue of Herakles. It was formerly referred to as the ‘Hellenistic Prince’ but is now thought to represent a Roman general, with Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio Africanus the Younger) being the prime candidate, as it was found very near the location of his villa.

The bronze has patinated into a rainbow of colors, from deep green and red, to golden-brown. The latter color was how it looked when new, and there’s some speculation that the hair and other details may have been painted - see the Brinkmanns’ reconstruction for the Frankfurt Liebieghaus Polychromy Research Project (where they identify him as one of the Dioscures - Castor or Pollux). It no longer has its eyes, but they would have been fashioned out of stone and glass, most likely.

2nd century BCE
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

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