Subject
Statue of a child playing with the goose, Roman copy of a Greek original probably dating to the 2nd century BC. The work entered the Musée du Louvre collection in 1801 and was found on the via Appia, at Villa dei Quintili. Four ancient copies are preserved in other different museums.
Accession number Ma 40; MR 168; N 223
Pentelic marble; sculpture in the round
Height 93 cm; width 69.5 cm; depth 65 cm
Incomplete work; marble additions were made by Lisandroni.
100/200 AD
Provenance
Found on the via Appia, at Villa dei Quintili
Placement
Musée du Louvre
Credits
Musée du Louvre
References
J.-L. Martinez, La Grèce au Louvre, Paris, Somogy éditions d’art, 2010, p. 173.
A. Pasquier – J.-L. Martinez, 100 chefs-d’oeuvre de la sculpture grecque au Louvre, Paris, Somogy éditions d’art, 2007, pp. 212-213.
A. Ricci, La Villa dei Quintili. Fonti scritte e fonti figurate, Roma, Lithos, 1998, p. 90, n. 21, pl. 5.
