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DON'T MISS…
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The Boxer
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Sleeping Hermaphrodite
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Frescoes from Villa Livia
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Largo di Villa Peretti 1
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The ground and 1st floors are devoted to sculpture, examining imperial portraiture as
propaganda and including some breathtaking works of art, including the 2nd-century-BC
Greek bronzes, the Boxer and the Prince, a crouching Aphrodite from Villa Adriana, the
2nd-century-BC Sleeping Hermaphrodite, and the idealized vision of the Discus Thrower.
Also fascinating are the elaborate bronze fittings that belonged to Caligula's ceremonial
ships.
The sensational frescoes on the 2nd floor are the undoubted highlight of the museum.
They include scenes from nature, mythology, domestic and sensual life, using rich, vivid
and expensive colours.
