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Artemis (Diana) from the "Rospigliosi type", Roman copy of the 1st–2nd centuries AD after a Hellenistic original, Louvre Museum

English: Artemis of the Rospigliosi type. Marble, Roman copy of the 1st–2nd centuries CE after a Hellenistic original, maybe the bronze group mentioned by Pausanias (I, 25, 2), which represented a gigantomachia.

 

Français : Artémis du type Rospigliosi. Marbre, copie romaine du Ier–IIe siècle av. J.-C. d'après un original hellénistique, peut-être le groupe en bronze mentionné par Pausanias (I, 25, 2) qui représentait une gigantomachie.

 

Dimension: H. 1.63 m (5 ft. 4 in.)

 

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully wing, ground floor, room 17

 

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