Date

1st century

Object Type

Statue

Subject

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara

About The Work

The archaeological object is a nude male statue draped in a chlamys fastened at the shoulder with a fibula. Like the other works in the collection, it shows significant losses, including the absence of the head, arms, and lower limbs. According to Enrico Dolci (1990), the pose recalls the Meleager type attributed to the Hellenistic sculptor Skopas and dated between 340 and 330 BC. Emanuela Paribeni (1982), however, argues that the sculpture is a copy after a marble original modeled in a Lysippan style. The sculpture entered the collections of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara in the 1840s (1846–1847) as a donation from Carlo Andrea Fabbriccotti for teaching purposes. The marble is often paired with the Torso virile from the same collection, and both are documented as didactic material used in the Academy’s sculpture teaching. Its original location within the Academy is uncertain; however, after several relocations linked to repeated renovations of the Palazzo del Principe, the sculpture was installed in the inner courtyard from the 1950s onward.

Title

Male torso with chlamys

Date

1st century

Object Type

Statue

Original Function

Collection, Education, Carlo Fabbricotti donation

Technique / Support

Marble

Dimensions

cm 109x40x59.7

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara

Bibliography and archival sources

E. Dolci,I marmi romani dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, 1990, p. 35. Francesca Sabbatini, Antiquities at the Academy. About a nude virile torso at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, in L'Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara History, heritage, characters, edited by Marco Ciampolini, Cinisello Balsamo, Silvana Editoriale (forthcoming).

Unique identifier

ICCD_MINV_0448078422671