A Roman marble sculpture of Hecate in her triple-bodied form, a copy after a Hellenistic original, held by the Museo Chiaramonti in the Vatican Museums under inventory Inv. 1922. The three linked female figures, standing back to back around a central column, are a canonical depiction of the goddess in her three-formed aspect, associated with crossroads and boundaries where a triple image could face three directions at once. It is one of the most reproduced surviving images of Hecate from antiquity.
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MediumMarble, a Roman-era copy after a Hellenistic original. 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Vatican Museums directly: "held by the Museo Chiaramonti in the Vatican Museums under inventory Inv."
Source Hecate Chiaramonti, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Vatican Museums Inv. 1922)
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The statue's sole subject, a canonical surviving image of Hecate in her triple-bodied form, held by the Vatican Museums.
Source Hecate Chiaramonti, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Vatican Museums Inv. 1922)
Additional Source Hecate (Wikipedia)
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1. Hecate Chiaramonti, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Vatican Museums Inv. 1922)
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A Roman marble sculpture of Hecate in her triple-bodied form, a copy after a Hellenistic original, held by the Museo Chiaramonti in the Vatican Museums under inventory Inv.
Roman art (Wikipedia)
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The Hecate Chiaramonti, a Roman sculpture of triple-bodied Hecate, after a Hellenistic original.
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