Statue of Wounded Amazon
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
500 B.C. - 401 B.C.
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
alt. 1.97 m
Origin:
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Salone (1804 - 1839) Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Atrio (1753 - 1804)
Inventory:
S 733
Statue of wounded Amazon.The head is not relevant: it was added to the statue after 1775, because until this date it was in the Sala delle Colombe. In the years 1944-45 it was in the Salone degli Orazi e Curiazi. According to Helbig, the head is a copy of the polyclete original.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The centre of the room features the so-called "Dying Galatian", one of the best-known and most important works in the museum.
It is a replica of one of the sculptures in the ex-voto group dedicated to Pergamon by Attalus I to commemorate the victories over the Galatians in the III and II centuries BC.
