Lot Essay
For a similar portrayal of Diana clad in an animal skin, see the Hellenistic example from Cyrene, no. 371 in Kahil, "Artemis" in LIMC.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN W. KLUGE
SOLD TO BENEFIT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
A ROMAN MARBLE DIANA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE DIANA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess clad in a chiton and an animal pelt, belted below her breasts across the animal's head, long tendrils of hair falling onto her shoulders, her right arm lowered, her left originally raised, drapery from her mantle falling behind her left shoulder; the legs, tree-trunk support and plinth later restorations
53 in. (134.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess clad in a chiton and an animal pelt, belted below her breasts across the animal's head, long tendrils of hair falling onto her shoulders, her right arm lowered, her left originally raised, drapery from her mantle falling behind her left shoulder; the legs, tree-trunk support and plinth later restorations
53 in. (134.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Mehdi Mahboubian, New York, 1987.