Subject
Caryatid statue rediscovered in 1585, at the time of Sixtus 5th. Originally, it was part of a sculptural group placed on the frontal part of a temple-shaped building depicted by Giovan Battista Piranesi in 1765. The Temple of Caryatids was located in the Pago Triopio, the land property of Annia Regilla, Herodes Atticus’ wife. According to recent studies, the sanctuary is situated in the area of Capo di Bove’s thermal baths, where in 2004 a fragmentary statue of the same building was unearthed. Other Caryatid statues belonging to the same context are preserved in the Vatican Museum and the Albani collection.
Accession number 1805,0703.44
Pentelic marble
Height 2,20 m
Intact
140-160 A.D.
Provenance
Complex of Capo di Bove
Placement
British Museum
Credits
British Museum
References
A. Wilton and I. Bignamini (eds.), Grand Tour: The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Exhibition Catalogue, Tate Gallery, London, 1996), 226, no. 174.
