Roman marble statue of the moon goddess Selene

            The statue has been identified with Selene, due to the presence of the crescent moon on her head and the torch in her right hand, attributes characteristic of the goddess who was the personification of the Moon. She’s wearing a sleeveless, high-girded chiton, which gathers on her breasts and legs revealing her figure, and then gathers at the hem and in the folds that fall alongside her, pushed by the impetus of the movement.

Around her shoulders, there is also a himation, which in the typical iconography of flying figures billows up like a sail behind the goddess. This is a stylistic device known as velificatio, indicating a divine being.

The work is an early Imperial copy of an early 4th century BCE Greek original.

Early imperial copy of an original from the early 4th century BCE.
Found near the Porta San Sebastiano.

Musei Capitolini, Rome (Inv. Scu 256)

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Taken on: October 24, 2022

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