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Headless marble statuette of a draped figure with heavy folded robes and one bent arm, on a dark stand.

Marble statuette of a seated philosopher

A headless marble torso of a figure wrapped in heavy, deeply folded drapery, with one arm bent at the elbow. The warm, weathered stone shows soft light on the folds against a dark studio background, set on a dark stone plinth.

Look closer: A chipped break at the right shoulder, where the head was lost.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1st or 2nd century CE
Medium
Marble
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2911 × 3880 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 200).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1924

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