Choros of matronae

Unknown (Roman)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1st century
Height:
99.0 cm  (39 in.)
Width:
67.0 cm  (26 3/8 in.)
Depth:
33.0 cm  (13 in.)
Technique / Medium:
marble
Place of creation:
Piemonte (Italia)
School:
Roman school

    Item location

  • Museo di Antichità (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: 548]fragment of an altar

Description

Five feminine figures, portrayed in frontal or three-quarter view, dancing hand in hand.

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Images of music: A cultural heritage. CD 2: Rhythm in music and dance (Innsbruck, Germany: Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, 2003)

Castaldo, Daniela. "Musica di età romana in Piemonte", Miscellanea di Studi 6, ed. by Alberto Basso (Torino: Istituto per i Beni Musicali in Piemonte, 2006) 7-24.

RIdIM record id

3028