Antinous as Silvanus (detail)

This fragment shows the lower body of Antinous portrayed as Silvanus, the Roman god of woods and fields. Beside him stands a small altar bearing a Greek inscription naming Antinoos, linking the piece to the cult Hadrian established after his lover Antinous drowned in the Nile in 130. The dog at his side recalls Silvanus’s role as guardian of forests and rural boundaries. Even in its incomplete state, the work blends divine imagery with the idealized form that defined Antinous’s posthumous representations.