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Draped Male Figure

c. 150 BCE–200 CE
bronze, hollow cast in several pieces and joined
Overall: 193 cm (76 in.)
Lent by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye 4.2025
Location: 200 Rotunda
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This sculpture was cast in many pieces, expertly joined together to create one figure (with at least one more piece for the head, now lost).

Description

The extremely high quality and monumental scale of this bronze draped figure have suggested to some that it is a Roman imperial portrait. Unusually, however, the pose and dress resemble those of a Greek philosopher or orator (wearing a chiton and himation) rather than a Roman statesman (who would wear a toga). Thus, without a head, inscription, or other attributes, the identity of the figure represented remains unknown.
A life-size bronze sculpture of a figure dressed in a long tunic. Over the tunic, the figure wears a cloak draped over the left shoulder and under the right, with their right arm resting within the cloak. The head of the figure is missing and they are standing, facing us, leaning on their right leg.

Draped Male Figure

c. 150 BCE–200 CE

Roman or possibly Greek Hellenistic

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