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Small figure from present-day Democratic People's Republic of the Congo, acquired by Henri Matisse in 1906.

A marble statue sculpted during the Hellenistic era, which was orignally done as a copy of a Greek statue. The work was lost for many years but rediscovered, heavily damaged, in a Roman basement in 1907. The piece was aquired by the Metropolitan…

Marble portrait head of the boy-god Antinoos, beloved of the emperor Hadrian. One of about a hundred iterations of the Antinoos still extant, depicts him as the god Dionysus.

A bronze statue that has been restored multiple times in marble. The statue originally depicted a female figure, likely the physical manifestation of Rome, however the figure was misidentified and instead restored to be a seated Apollo.

A marble statue sculpted during the Hellenistic era, which was orignally done as a copy of a Greek statue. The work was lost for many years but rediscovered, heavily damaged, in a Roman basement in 1907. The piece was aquired by the Metropolitan…