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Title
Barbarian
warrior
,
front
view
.
Date
2nd century
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Imperial (Roman)
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Statues
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Men (male humans)
Warriors
Military personnel
Costume (mode of fashion)
Tunics
Cloaks
Drapery (representations)
Fibulae
Pins (fasteners)
Fasteners
Trousers
Footwear
Headgear
Swords
Weapons
Edged weapons
Subject
Sculpture
Men
Warriors
Military personnel
People associated with military activities
Clothing & dress
Capes (Clothing)
Trousers
Footwear
Headgear
Beards
Daggers & swords
Arms & armament
Lifting & carrying
Description
"
Images
of
barbarians
, an
essential
element
of
triumphal
ceremony
in
imperial
Rome
, were
most
often
represented
in a
military
context
.
[…]
[S]uch
representations
are
omnipresent
in
Trajan's
Forum
, on the
façade
of the
Ulpia
Basilica
, and
along
the
bordering
porticos
.
[…]
Transformed
into
stone
and
wedged
into a
Roman
edifice
, a
barbarian
becomes
a
metaphor
with an
explicit
message
. The
barbarians
are
shown
over
and
over
again
in
submissive
postures
:
heads
bowed
,
hands
tied
,
disarmed
of their
weapons
. This
statue
is
an
Asian
,
Dacian
, or
possibly
a
Parthian
. The
short
belted
tunic
, the
cloak
pinned
with a
fibula
on the
right
shoulder
, and the
trousers
(anaxyrides)
are
typical
;
yet
this
statue
is
quite
different
from the
Dacians
in
Trajan's
Forum
.
[…]
The
restoration
performed
by the
Louvre
showed
that the
head
was
indeed
ancient
but
did
not
correspond
to the
statue
.
Although
it
may
well
be that this
is
an
archaizing
head
inspired
by a
Greek
model
[…]
it
is
not
inconsistent
with
statuary
of
barbarians
. The
Dacians
on the
metopes
of the
trophy
of
Trajan
at
Adamklissi
(now
in
Romania)
have
unusual
long
,
stiff
beards
; the
ones
on the
Aurelian
and
Trajan
columns
also
usually
have
beards
. They are not
wearing
helmets
, but on
sarcophagi
decorated
with
battle
scenes
,
[…]
the
same
barbarians
are
shown
with
helmets
,
which
are
down
on the
ground
.
[…]
In the
statue
shown
here, the
right
arm
and
shoulder
,
left
arm
,
part
of the
cloak
, and the
feet
are
modern
restorations
from
when
the
statue
was
part
of the
Borghese
collection
. This
makes
it
impossible
to
know
how the
arms
were
originally
positioned
, but the
sword
on the
left
side
indicates
that this
[is]
not a
statue
of a
prisoner
with
bound
hands
.
[…]
This
statue
is
thus
a
representation
of a
free
barbarian
.
Communicating
a
political
message
was not its
purpose
.
While
one
cannot
exclude
the
possibility
that this
statue
was
once
part
of a
private
decorative
scheme
[…]
,
it
is
more
likely
that this
statue
and
other
analogous
representations
presented
barbarians
au
naturel
.
[…]
Under
Hadrian's
reign
, the
Roman
Empire
appeared
to be
consolidated
,
no
further
conquests
were
sought
, and the
image
of a
barbarian
was
no
longer
considered
a
threat
in the
midst
of an
era
of
peace
and
prosperity
. This
statue
illustrates
,
rather
, an
imperial
regime
capable
of
allowing
people
from
across
the
horizons
to
live
in
peace
and
harmony.
"
(Excerpt
from
catalogue
entry
by
Daniel
Roger
,
p
.
186)
.
Provenance
unknown
.
Purchased
in
1807
,
formerly
in the
Borghese
collection
(MA
1019-INV
.
MR
357
;
N
673)
.
Restorer
:
B
.
Perdu
,
2005
.
Material
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 83 1/8 in (211 cm)
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Repository
Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source
Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.[187], cat.123).
Rights
Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
762-25.jpg
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