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Togatus Figure

1–200 CE
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Italy, Roman

Medium
pentelic marble
Measurements
Overall: 167.7 x 63.5 x 40.6 cm (66 x 25 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.439
Public Domain
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Location
103 Roman
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This body once included a separately made head and arms.

Description

From 1929 until 1973, this toga-clad body was displayed with a portrait head of Vespasian (recarved from Nero) that did not originally belong to it. Several details indicate a mismatch: the surfaces and proportions differ, and the head projected awkwardly forward even after modern recarving of the neck to fit into the body cavity. Aspects of the toga also suggest that it was sculpted later than the head.
A marble sculpture depicts a headless figure wearing a long toga. The right arm is broken off at the shoulder and the left at the forearm, both showing circular socket holes. Standing with the right leg slightly forward, the figure is draped in heavy folds. A thick U-shaped fold of fabric crosses the torso from the left shoulder, falling in deep swaths to the feet on a stone base.

Togatus Figure

1–200 CE

Italy, Roman

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