Old fisherman, called the “Dying Seneca”, Musée du Louvre (Paris, France) MR 314 (Ma 1354) : Detail, head with inlaid eyes and upper torso
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Published/Created:
- Former Borghese collection. Purchased in 1807., Musée du Louvre, Paris, Île-de-France, France MR 314, Ma 1354
copy ca. 100-200 - Physical Description:
- 1.83 m (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 2/2/2008
- Materials:
- Black marble and alabaster, basin in violette breccia marble
- Notes:
- Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Hellenistic original. Found in Rome. The statue is mentioned in the collection of Cardinal Altemps in 1599 and was subsequently acquired by Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1587-1623). The figure probably represents an ang
- Period/Style:
- Hellenistic
Imperial - Culture:
- Ancient Roman
- Accession Number:
- 7A3-R-L-OF-A03
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
sculpture (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2/2/2008 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Paris, France: Musée du Louvre
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10904050
- PID:
- digcoll:1863083