Praying Woman (Orant) Between Two Ionic Columns

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Title	Praying Woman (Orant) Between Two Ionic Columns
Alternate Title	Femme en Priere entre Deux Colonnes Ioniques
View	Detail, central portion of orant, from below right
Work Type	architectural elements columns (architectural elements) visual works sculpture (visual work)
Style/Period	Imperial (Roman)
Contributors to Project	unknown (Ancient Roman); Vincenzo Pacetti (Italian sculptor, ca. 1745-1820)
Subject.work	human figure Restoration and conservation
Country	France
City	Paris
State/Province	Ile-de-France
Location.Notes	Figure of orant : MR 67 (Ma 2228); Columns: MR 1092 (Ma 1348), MR 1093 (Ma 1359)
Art Medium	white marble; colored marble (rosso antico, yellow and green); porphyry
Technique	carving (processes)
Dates	body ca. 100-200 (creation); restorations 1609-1780 (alteration)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	4/28/2009
Subject Information	Formerly from the Borghese collection at the Villa Borghese, purchased by Napoleon I in 1807. The body dates from the second century AD, from Rome. This takes after a type of draped form shown by several Roman sculptures of the first and second centuries. Posed like an orant with arms raised in prayer. Porphyry with restorations in ancient red (rosso antico) and white marble; sandals in ancient green and plinth in ancient yellow Acquired in 1609 by the Cardinal Scipio Borghese (1576-1623) at which time the first restoration is presumed: the ancient head does not belong to the statue. The work was again restored about 1627 by Vincenzo Moretto and in 1780 by Vincenzo Pacetti. In the refitting of the Villa Borghese by the Prince Marcantonio IV, the orant appeared in a niche between the two ionic columns, in the Egyptian room.
Information.source	Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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