Terracotta mask in the collection at the Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy
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Statue of a woman/girl with both an intriguing smile and an intricate hair style with long plats, one of which has been restored. Possibly a caryatid (see here). Traces of colour (in hair) suggesting - as seems increasingly likely - that this marble work was painted in "real" tones.
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The (headless) statue of an unidentified Roman man in military dress. Seen in the Museum of the Imperial Forums (Fori ?) within the Trajan's Market complex. The statue stands before a glass window overlooking the modern Roman street outside.
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A 2000 year old caryatid from the Forum of Augustus on exhibition at the wonderfully restored Trajan's Market complex. A Roman "shopping mall". (see here and here.
This fine work gives substance to the emperor Augustus' statement "I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble" (Augustus, Res Gestae)
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Sunset behind the Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano", Rome
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