"Satiro Della Valle”
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
From an original of the Hellenistic period
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 279
Origin:
From Rome, near the Theater of Pompey in Campus Martius
Inventory:
inv. MC0004
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The large central niche in the end wall features a large fountain with the colossal statue of a River god, known as Marforio.
The three large grey granite pillars with a relief frieze portraying Egyptian high priests originate from the sanctuary of Isis and Serapis in the Campus Martius.
