English: The
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, situated near the
Thermae of Diocletian, is a part of the National Museum of Rome. It is dedicated to Greek and Roman sculpture, frescoes mosaics and Epigraphy.
Portraits [edit]
Republican era [edit]
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Priest of Isis, middle 1st century BC
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middle of the 1st century BC.
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Period of the Second Triumvirate (43 BC)
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So-called “Brutus”, 30-15 BC
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Portrait of an old woman with the “nodus” (knot) hairstyle favoured by Octavia, sister of Emperor Augustus. Late 1st century BC.
Early Imperial era [edit]
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Head of Apollo. Marble, Roman copy
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Late Imperial era [edit]
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Portrait of Emperor Nerva
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Roman copies after Greek originals [edit]
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Double herma of Homer (Apollonius of Tyana type) and Menander
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Portrait of Sappho (modern copy (16th–18th centuries) after a Greek original, possibly an ancient bust reworked.)
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Statues and reliefs [edit]
Greek originals and Roman copies [edit]
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“Athena Carpegna”: cult statue of Athena with the face of the type of Carpegna Athena.
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Intaglio with the head of Athena Parthenos. Bloodstone, Greek artwork, 1st century CE (modern mount).
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Detail of a statue of Dionysus of the Sardanapalos type
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“Hermes psychopompus”: statue of the Ludovisi Hermes type.
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Wounded Niobid. Parian marble, Greek artwork, ca. 440 BC
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Statue of a prince or dynast without crown, traditionnally thought to be a Seleucid prince, maybe Attalus II of Pergamon.
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Statue of a Seleucid prince
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Statue of a Seleucid prince
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“Thermae boxer”: athlete resting after a boxing match
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“Venus pudica”, one of the types of the Cnidian Venus
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Statue of Thetis with a triton.
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Castelporziano Discobolus
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Maenad dancing, detail from a base. Marble, modified copy of a Greek original of the late 5th century BC.
Roman originals [edit]
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Antinous as Bacchus, harvesting grapes
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Sarcophagus with battle scene between Romans and Germans. Marble, Roman artwork, 180–190 CE.
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Sarcophagus with battle scene between Romans and Germans. Marble, Roman artwork, 180–190 CE.
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Actor playing a slave and wearing a comic mask. Bronze statuette, early 3rd century CE.
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Representation of the lupercal: Romulus and Remus fed by a she-wolf, surrounded by representations of the Tiber and the Palatine.
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Funerary relief representing a curule chair. Marble, Roman artwork, 50 BC–50 CE.
Artwork [edit]
Roman artwork [edit]
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Doll. Coloured ivory, Roman work, second half of the 2nd century CE
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Bluish glass cup with gadroons decoration, Roman artwork, 1st century BC/CE.
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Two-handled amphora-shaped balsamarium (perfume flask). Purple glass, 1st-2nd centuries CE.
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Necklace. Gold and glass paste, Roman artwork, 6th–5th centuries BC.
Mosaics [edit]
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Central panel of a floor mosaic with a cat and two ducks
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Central panel of a floor mosaic with a cat and two ducks, detail
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Dionysos fighting the Indians
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Pavement mosaic with a bust of Dionysos. Roman artwork, 3rd century CE.
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Hercules and Iolaus, Fountain mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum.
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Nilotic landscape with ducks
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Mosaic emblema with charioteer
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Mosaic emblema with charioteer
Opus sectile [edit]
Frescos [edit]
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Dea Barberini: fresco with seated Venus, restored as a personification of Rome
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Garden from villa di Livia
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Fasti Antiates Maiores:
pre-Julian Roman calendar
Epigraphy [edit]
Other objects [edit]
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Stamping mold in forme of a crescent moon, used for bricks and tiles. Bronze, date unknown.
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Circular stamping mold for bricks and tiles. Bronze, 3rd century CE.
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Venetian “osella” (commemorative medal with the value of a gold quarter ducat). Gold, minted in 1704, year V of Alvise II Mocenigo.