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Boy choking goose

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4 November 2020
Boy choking goose
Boy choking goose

A sculpture showing a boy choking the goose. It is a Roman copy (from the 1st-2nd century CE) of a Greek original from the 2nd century BCE. The object is made of marble and was found in 1792 at the Villa of the Quintilii on Via Appia. It is currently located in the Louvre.

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