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~ Seated statue of Jupiter (so-called Jupiter Verospi).

Dating: A.D. 80-100 (Spinola)/A.D. 3rd century (others scholars)

Medium: Marble

Provenience: Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of the Busts, 77 (Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Sala dei busti, 77)

• From the source: Only the upper part of the body is ancient, up to the legs; the arms, some parts of the face and of the hair and the rest of the body were integrated in the 18th century.