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| (inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France |
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English: Hermaphroditus asleep. Greek marble, Roman copy from the Imperial Era (2nd century CE) after a Greek original. The mattress (Carrara marble) was sculpted in 1619 by Bernini, commissioned by Cardinal Scipion Borghese.
Français : Hermaphrodite endormi, copie romaine d'un original grec. Œuvre romaine de l'époque impériale, IIe siècle ap. J.-C.
Italiano: Ermafrodito dormiente, copia romana di originale greco. Epoca imperiale, sec.II d.C. Il materasso èp stato scolpito e aggiunto dal Bernini.
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L. 1.69 m (5 ft. 6 ½ in.), W. 89 cm (35 in.) |
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Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807 |
| Accession number |
Ma 231 |
| Location |
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully wing, ground floor, room 17 |
| Photographer/source |
Rama |
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