About the Spinnerin · Housed in Room viii of the Borghese Museum is a marble female head with snakes, mounted on a modern bust. Some publications on the archaeological collection suggest that it may be related to the statue in the Canonica Museum at Villa Borghese in Rome. This statue conforms to the type known as the Spinner/Spinnerin, named after the bronze statue in the Glyptothek in Munich. Taking cues from the Borghese marbles and analyzing the antiquarian history of copies of this type, this work aims to remove some ambiguities and clarify the diffusion of a model used for portrait statues.
Custodita all’interno del Museo Borghese, nella sala viii, è una testa femminile con serpenti su busto moderno che in alcune delle pubblicazioni sulla raccolta archeologica viene ritenuta pertinente alla statua, conservata nel Museo Canonica a Villa Borghese a Roma, conforme al tipo della cosiddetta Filatrice/Spinnerin, dal bronzo eponimo del tipo, nella Glyptothek di Monaco. Prendendo spunto dai marmi Borghese, attraverso l’analisi delle vicende antiquarie degli esemplari riconducibili al tipo, il lavoro consente di sciogliere alcune ambiguità e contribuisce a fare chiarezza sulla diffusione di un modello in uso per statue ritratto.
Latini, A. (2023). A proposito della Spinnerin. EIDOLA, 20, 199-222 [10.19272/202301101011].
A proposito della Spinnerin
Latini Alexia
2023-01-01
Abstract
About the Spinnerin · Housed in Room viii of the Borghese Museum is a marble female head with snakes, mounted on a modern bust. Some publications on the archaeological collection suggest that it may be related to the statue in the Canonica Museum at Villa Borghese in Rome. This statue conforms to the type known as the Spinner/Spinnerin, named after the bronze statue in the Glyptothek in Munich. Taking cues from the Borghese marbles and analyzing the antiquarian history of copies of this type, this work aims to remove some ambiguities and clarify the diffusion of a model used for portrait statues.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.