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Man topples ancient Roman busts in Vatican museums

Man topples ancient Roman busts in Vatican museums

A man toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums on Wednesday, causing moderate damage, before being stopped by staff and arrested, a museums source said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the man was in his 50s and had “behaved strangely.” He knocked two busts off their pedestals in the museums’…

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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN REPUBLICAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm.) high

In a letter to the previous owner from 1991, Cornelius C. Vermeule wrote: "This Republican head does look like Julius Caesar, but is probably someone else of his era, like the head restored on the Barberini togatus of the man holding the busts of his two ancestors. There was also a great vogue for reviving Republican portraiture in the late First and early Second centuries A.D., and Republican lookalikes, such as Hadrian's brother-in-law L. Julius Ursus Servianus."

As Vermeule notes, this example's likeness to Julius Caesar is striking, particularly to a bust of the dictator known as the "Chiaramonti-Pisa Type," now in the Vatican Museum (see F.S. Johansen, "The Portraits of Marble of Gaius Julius Caesar: A Review," fig. 1a). As he goes on to explain however, it was common practice beginning in the Republican era to commission private likeness after prominent public figures and likely this is what we have here. In his extensive study, Johansen writes that he believes only two actual representations of Caesar himself exist in marble, the first being the aforementioned example, and the other being a bust thought to be commissioned in his lifetime, known as the "Tusculum type" (see figs. 1a and 15a, op. cit.). Nevertheless, the present example illustrates that while the veristic style was certainly in vogue with reference to Republican portraiture, it did not prohibit artists nor their patrons from using other people's likenesses as inspiration.

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Right -  Roman copy after a Greek original sculpture dating from the 4th century BC. Rome, New Wing ("Braccio Nuovo" hallway), Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums

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"Torso of Hercules" by anonymous, Van Niehernan Art Foundation (The original marble torso is from the Hellenistic period and kept at the Chiaramonti Museum, Vatican City.

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Ancient Roman busts / Tourist

In October 2022, two ancient Roman busts were damaged while on view in the Chiaramonti Gallery of the Vatican Museums. 

According to reports, a 65-year-old American tourist visiting the Vatican had demanded to see the Pope. When his request was denied, he lashed out by grabbing a bust from the gallery (apparently at random) and smashing it to the floor; another piece apparently fell when he attempted to flee the scene. An ear and nose of the two faces were damaged, and the marble base of one was shattered.

The tourist was handed over to Italian authorities. It was later reported that the man had previously been cited for public indecency in the United States. Vatican officials believed the damaged sculptures could be repaired.

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Apollo Citharoedus. Roman copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BC.

- Chiaramonti Museum - Braccio Nuovo, Vatican.

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Tourist detained after toppling busts at Vatican Museums

VATICAN CITY — A tourist who toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums has been handed over to Italian police, the Vatican said. The vandalism occurred Oct. 5 when the tourist, identified by several Italian media outlets as an American man, threw down two marble busts from their pedestals in the museums’ Chiaramonti gallery. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, told…

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American Tourist Smashes Two Roman-Era Sculptures in the Vatican

Just when you thought the summer of tourists behaving badly was over, another person on vacation wrecks another priceless artifact.

This time it's the turn of an American tourist who smashed no fewer than two ancient Roman sculptures into pieces at the Vatican on Wednesday.

The episode took place in the Museo Chiaramonti, part of the Vatican Museums, around lunchtime. The space holds around 1,000 works of ancient statuary, and describes itself as "one of the finest collections of Roman portraits" in the world.

Two of those portraits are now facing an uncertain future after the tourist knocked over one in anger, then toppled another as he fled the scene.

The man had demanded to see the pope, according to newspaper Il Messaggero. When he was told he couldn't, he allegedly hurled one Roman bust to the floor.

As he ran off, with staff in pursuit, he knocked down another.

The two works of art have been taken to the inhouse workshop to be assessed. While around 2,000 years old, they are thought to be secondary works of art, rather than famous works, a source told Il Messaggero.

Director of the Press Office for Vatican Museums Matteo Alessandrini said that the American man, around 50 years old, was in the "Galleria Chiaramonte" corridor, which houses around 100 busts and statues.

"The busts were affixed to shelves with a nail but if you pull them down with force they will come off," he said. "He pulled down one and then the other and the guards came immediately and stopped him and consigned him to the Vatican police who brought him in for questioning. Around 5:30 p.m. he was handed over to the Italian authorities.

"The 2 busts have been damaged but not particularly badly. One lost part of a nose and an ear, the head of the other came off the pedestal."

He said that restoration work had already begun, and that "they will soon be restored and back at the Museum."

Mountain Butorac, who leads pilgrimages to the Vatican and who often visits the Museo Chiaramonti, said: "One of the beautiful things is that it allows the visitors to get literally face to face with these ancient sculptures. My fear is that with behavior like this, barriers could be put in place."

Tourists damaging monuments has been a theme of this summer in Rome. In July, a Canadian tourist was caught carving her name into the Colosseum, while American tourists were caught hurling scooters down the Spanish Steps, breaking off pieces in the process, and a Saudi visitor drove his Maserati down the same architectural icon.

By Julia Buckley.

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VATICAN Chiaramonti Museum and New Wing Museum - Vatican Museums

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Mann nach Zerstörung von zwei Skulpturen im Vatikan verhaftet

Das vatikanische Gendarmeriekorps hat einen etwa 50-jährigen Mann festgenommen, der am Mittwochmorgen zwei Skulpturen in den Vatikanischen Museen zu Boden geworfen hatte. Laut Angaben von RaiNews ereignete sich der Vorfall im Chiaramonti-Museum, nachdem dem Amerikaner ägyptischer Herkunft (andere Quellen sprechen von einer amerikanischen Touristin) mitgeteilt worden war, dass https://de.catholicnewsagency.com/story/mann-verhaftet-der-zwei-skulpturen-im-vatikan-zerstoerte-11822

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American tourist smashes two sculptures in the Vatican : Inside US

American tourist smashes two sculptures in the Vatican : Inside US

(CNN) — Just when you thought the summer of tourists behaving badly was over, another person on vacation wrecks another priceless artifact. This time it’s the turn of an American tourist who smashed no fewer than two ancient Roman sculptures into pieces at the Vatican on Wednesday. The episode took place in the Museo Chiaramonti, part of the Vatican Museums, around lunchtime. The space holds…

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