The Head of Porticello returns to the National Archaeological Museum in Reggio Calabria

At the National Archaeological Museum in Reggio Calabria, the Head of Porticello is back on public view in the Hall of the Bronzes. The work was on display until September 2018 at the Venaria Reale in Turin.

It is a head depicting a mature man with a long beard and rich hair held back by a bandage, originally belonging to a bronze statue larger than life-size. The work dates to the first half of the fifth century B.C.E., and we note Attic and Peloponnesian influences.

The bronze Head was part of the cargo of a ship that sank between the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. off the coast of Calabria; it was recovered in 1969 in the waters off Porticello, but then immediately stolen and placed on the antiquities market, arriving at theAntikenmuseum in Basel, without ever being displayed. Until it was acquired by the Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria.

The restoration work was conducted by Giuseppe Mantella, with the collaboration of Flavia Gazineo and Antonella Aricò, under the direction of Carmelo Malacrino.

The Head of Porticello returns to the National Archaeological Museum in Reggio Calabria

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