Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus
ROMAN SCULPTURE
It is an ancient Roman sculpture from the Flavian era,
copied from a Greek original from 240-230 BC
This statue, discovery in Rome in 1541 ,
was a gift of Pope Pius IV to Cosimo I de Medici in 1579
Was collocate at the end of Ponte Vecchio (Pitti side)
and finaly moved under the Loggia in 1841
There is a replica in Pitti Palace and the problem is
then no one can say which is the original !