Pieces of a painted slab (fascia with pelta – a crescent-shaped wicker shield – motif)
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
From the Augustan Era: 2 BC
Material and technique:
Luna marble
Inventory:
FA 2016, FA 1504 a - b - c- d
From the wall at the back of the Hall of Colossus in the Forum of Augustus
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The Colossus stood on a high podium made from blocks of tufa stone. It was part of the original design of the Hall and sculpted whilst the Hall itself was being built. The footprints still visible on the top of the podium, cut into the slabs of Pavonazzetto marble used to face it, show that the weight of the figure was resting on the left foot, (approx 177cm long) which was positioned in front of the right, (which was 166cm long) which was almost touching the wall behind.
