phistorians,
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This relief was found at Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli. The young man (Castor?) seems to be in a tousle for control with the horse while a dog watches on. Likely Roman in manufacture, but definitely inspired by the Greek style!

🏛British Museum, 1805,0703.121

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Interesting how the guy is nude, but then not. He's wearing a very small and light mantel.

phistorians,
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@seindal @histodons @antiquidons just a little covering to protect him from the wind 😅 The nudity overall seems to suggest a divine figure but I wonder if that’s the only reading here…

seindal,
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@phistorians @histodons @antiquidons My guess is that the cloak marks him as a traveller.

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@seindal @phistorians @histodons @antiquidons it’s a superman cloak!

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