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Six sculptures from the 1817 catalogue

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The statue of the Sauroctone, along with a large number of other ancient monuments in this Museum, formed part of the collection of the Villa Borghèse in Rome. This immense collection passed in its entirety into the Royal Museum.

The relief set into the pedestal depicts a Bacchante playing cymbals.

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English, synthetic voice. A reading of the 1817 catalogue. Independent demonstration, not a Louvre commission.

Visconti, 1817, pages 7, entry 15.

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