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Statue of a Muse- Melpomene Type in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012

Statue of a Muse- Melpomene Type in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012
Statue of a Muse- Melpomene Type

Pentelic marble

From the Horti Maecenatiani, found in the area near the Auditorium in 1877.

Inventory # MC 1823

The figure of Melopmene, the Muse presiding over tragedy, is inspired by Hellenistic models and can be related to the statue of Melpomene in the Vatican Museums.


Text from the Capitoline Museum label.

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