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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Musée du Louvre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MR 314 (Ma 1354)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcopy ca. 2nd century (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Ancient Roman)en_US
dc.date100-199en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-31T16:15:40Z
dc.date.available2013-12-31T16:15:40Z
dc.date.issued100-199en_US
dc.identifier245346en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2841en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/153784
dc.descriptionDetail, head with inlaid eyes and upper torso; Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Hellenistic original. Found in Rome. The statue is mentioned in the collection of Cardinal Altemps in 1599 and was subsequently acquired by Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1587-1623). The figure probably represents an angler, a statue type first created in the Hellenistic period. Heavily restored and placed in a blood-red basin, it was identified with Nero’s tutor, Seneca, who was later ordered to kill himself. The statue was very famous and is the subject of Rubens’ painting “The Death of Seneca" (Alte Pinakoteck, Munich). Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr/ (accessed 4/29/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumBlack marble and alabaster, basin in violette breccia marbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjecthuman figureen_US
dc.subjectliterary or legendaryen_US
dc.subjectImperial (Roman)en_US
dc.subjectHellenisticen_US
dc.titleOld fisherman, called the “Dying Seneca”en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A3-R-L-OF-A03en_US
vra.culturalContextAncient Romanen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Ancient Roman)en_US


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