Statue fragment
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
290 mm (H)320 mm (W)270 mm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Downhill, County Londonderry
NT 180509.2
Summary
Right shoulder, part of over life-size heroic statue wearing a chlamys and baldric, preserved in three fragments. The statue was once an imposing work showing a strapping male physique. The muscular male wears only a baldric strap that passes diagonally from left hip to right shoulder. A chlamys rested on the right shoulder and fell down behind the right shoulder, probably wrapping the arm that was held akimbo; there is a projection of marble in the right side that suggest the lower arm, hand, and drapery touched the right side. The left arm also appears to have been lowered. The foot is well rendered and shows weight on the right leg.