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Togatus Barberini is a Roman marble sculpture from around the first-century AD [1] that depicts a full-body figure, referred to as a togatus, holding the heads of deceased ancestors in either hand. [2] It is housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, Italy (formerly in the Capitoline Museums). [1]
The statue was originally built in the 1960s for the Chicken Boy Fried Chicken Restaurant, which was located in Downtown Los Angeles on Broadway between 4th and 5th streets, near the Grand Central Market. At that time, International Fiberglass Company of Venice was manufacturing roadside Paul Bunyan and Muffler Man statues for use as outdoor ...
Collection Principe Enrico Barberini. Early 1640s. Porphyry. Adapted from existing antique statue, largely by assistants. Private Collection (Barberini Family). 1658. Bronze; In 2020, the Galleria Borghese began a fund raising campaign to purchase the last bust on this list from the Barberini family. [2]
The Hollywood Sculpture Garden is an outdoor garden in Los Angeles dedicated to the display of sculptures by various artists, including local, national, and international artists. [1] [2] It was founded in May 2012, by Dr. Robby Gordon, [3] and is located at 2430 Vasanta Way, Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hills (below the Hollywood sign). It ...
Landmark downtown Los Angeles hotel 61: Philharmonic Auditorium: July 2, 1969: 427 W. Fifth St. Downtown Los Angeles: Site of former home of Los Angeles Philharmonic; since demolished 64: Plaza Park: April 1, 1970: Between Chavez Ave., Main St., Los Angeles St. and Plaza Old Plaza District
Spanish–American War Memorial (Los Angeles) Statue of Bob Miller; Statue of Bruce Lee (Los Angeles) Statue of Charles III of Spain; Statue of Chick Hearn; Statue of Felipe de Neve; Statue of Harrison Gray Otis; Statue of Jerry West; Statue of Luc Robitaille; Statue of Ludwig van Beethoven (Los Angeles) Statue of Magic Johnson; Statue of Oscar ...
Latin and some Greek authors, particularly Pliny the Elder in Book 34 of his Natural History, describe statues, and a few of these descriptions match extant works. While a great deal of Roman sculpture, especially in stone, survives more or less intact, it is often damaged or fragmentary; life-size bronze statues are much more rare as most have ...
Boy with a Dragon is a c. 1617 white marble sculpture, now in the Getty Museum, which has owned it since 1987.It draws on the myth of the infant Hercules strangling serpents sent to kill him.