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Title

Figure from Group of Two Boys Quarreling

Authors

Morehead State University. Camden-Carroll Library.

Description

Plaster cast of a figure from two boys quarreling over a game of knucklebones. Original found in the Baths of Titus, Rome, now housed in the British Museum, circa 1st century.

Publication Date

1978

Type of Artwork

Statue

Time Period/Geographical Region

Ancient Rome

Height (cm/in)

71.12 cm / 28 in

Width (cm/in)

91.44 cm / 36 in

Depth (cm/in)

67.31 cm / 26.5 in

Disciplines

Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity | Sculpture

Comments

Formerly known as "the Cannibal" due to the way the figure bites the leg of his opponent (whose body is missing), the original figure grouping contained two boys who appear to have been fighting while gambling at Tali, or knucklebones. The figure grouping was discovered in the 17th century in the Baths of Titus in Rome during the pontificate of Urban VIII; it was later moved to his palace, the Palazzo Barbarini, before being acquired by The British Museum. The British Museum sculpture is a 1st century Roman version of an earlier sculpture group from the 2nd or 1st century BCE.

Recommended Citation

Morehead State University. Camden-Carroll Library., "Figure from Group of Two Boys Quarreling" (1978). Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection. 24.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/metropolitan_art_collection/24

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