ANALYSIS OF CLASSICAL MARBLE SCULPTURES
IN THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART

We report on marble samples taken from the eight examples of Greek and Roman marble sculpture in the collection of The Toledo Museum of Art (analysis in progress at time of abstract), with comments on how these data may affect the current art-historical interpretations of the objects.

Acc. No. & Title
1926.9 Ram
1937.5 Bust of a Woman
1961.20 Apollo
1976.20 Head of Lucius Verus
1976.21 Head of Venus
1983.74 Statue of a General
1987.223 Sarcophagus
1990.30 Bust of Domitian

Questions about these objects that may benefit from information about the stone include:
· Whether the ancient parts of the over life-size ram ex-Hope Collection (acc. 1926.9), heavily restored, presumably in italy, in the 18th-century, are of Italian marble;
· Whether the ÒbustÓ of a woman from a pieced statue ca. 100 b.c., said to come from the Greek islands (acc. 1937.5), is of appropriate marble;
· Whether the statue of Apollo holding a lyre ex-SomzŽe Collection (acc. 1961.20), said to have been acquired in Italy, is carved of Italian or imported marble;
· Whether the over life-size heads of Lucius Verus and Venus (acc. nos. 1976.20, .21), said to belong to a sculptural group that also included the helmeted head of Ares now in the Museum of Fine Arts (acc. 1977.712), are carved of marble from the same source.