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Cast of an Antique relief of two Corybantes (as SM M78)

Plaster cast

Museum number: M1248

On display: Dome Area
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Curatorial note

Cast of a Roman original found near Palestrina in 1788 and today in the Vatican Museum (Vatican Museums no.489).

This work features in our online exhibition Queer Revelations: https://www.soane.org/exhibitions/queer-revelations

Literature

Georg Lippold, 'Die Skulpturen Des Vaticanischen Museums', 1936, III, 1, no.489, pl.28.
Salomon Reinach, ' Répertoire de Reliefs Grecs et Romaines', 1912, vol. III, p.406.

Associated items

M78, cast from same original


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