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Marphurius or Marforio. It is one of the talking statues of Rome. Marforio maintained a friendly rivalry with his most prominent rival, Pasquin. As at the other five "talking statues", pasquinades - irreverent satires poking fun at public figures - were posted beside Marforio in the 16th and 17th centuries. Marforio is a large 1st century Roman marble sculpture of a reclining bearded river god or Oceanus, which in the past has been variously identified as a depiction of Jupiter, Neptune, or the Tiber. It was the humanist and antiquarian Andrea Fulvio who first identified it as a river god, in 1527. The niche was designed by Giacomo della Porta.

Location Musei Capitolini/Rome/Italy

Unique Identifier ART581859

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2333px × 2827px

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