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This reclining figure is known to modern Romans as Marforio, but antiquarians have a split
opinion as to whether he is a river god, Oceanus, or even Neptune. Originally near
the Arch of Septimius Severus, it is now in a courtyard of the Capitoline.
Parfait pour une fontaine.
ReplyDeleteWater could stream from the objet clenched in his hand, and the mouth and nostrils of the serpent :)
There is a small flowing fountain that can't be seen in my photo, and the museum staff were filling their water bottles from it!
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