Marble torso of a boy

Unknown

1st or 2nd century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

Copy of a Greek statue of ca. 425–400 B.C. The small scale and violent action of this figure suggest it may represent one of Niobe's children, who were killed after Niobe boasted she was superior to Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis, because she had more offspring. Sculptural groups depicting the boys and girls vainly trying to escape the deadly arrows of Apollo and Artemis were popular throughout antiquity.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st or 2nd century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907