01 Belvedere Torso
Apollonios · 1st century BCE
Exhibition 04
Fragments, casts, afterlives
What Survives
A missing limb, an isolated head, a surviving relief, and a cast after a distant original. These works show how sculpture is changed by damage, copying, and collection history.
View Belvedere Torso ↗10 works · allow 15–30 minutes
About this exhibition
Examine edges, breaks, joins, and casts. Missing sections and later restorations can be as important to interpretation as the surviving form.
The works
Explore the works.
Open any work for its available 3D view and source record.
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02 Adolescent Torso
Date not yet recorded
03 Fragment from the Athena Parthenos
Unknown sculptor · c. 440 BCE.
04 Head of a Horse from Selene's Chariot
Mediterranean · 438 BCE
05 Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Platter
1430
06 Relief of eagle-headed demon
Unknown Assyrian artist(s) · 883-859 BCE, reign of Ashurnasirpal II
07 Head From Farnese Hercules Type
4th century BCE
08 Head of a Giant
Unknown sculptor · 170-155 BCE.
09 Bronze Horse Head Herculaneum
Date not yet recorded
10 Head of Merytaten, Daughter of Akhenaten
Ancient Near East and Egypt · ca. 1350-1340 BCE