The Torsetto came to Dresden from the Brandenburg collection between 1723 and 1726 (or possibly a few years later) as a gift from the so-called Soldier King (Friedrich Wilhelm I), but apparently was not included in Steinhäuser's Dresden inventory from 1726. The work, first illustrated in Volume III of Beger's "Thesaurus Brandenburgicus" from 1701 (plate after p. 224), appears soon after its arrival in an engraving in the Recueil published by Raymond Leplat (Dresden 1733). At that time it had extremities made of dark marble, a leg section made of Carrara marble and other additions and was 93 cm high (from the sole to the crown). The additions were removed in 1896 and added to a cast of the torsetto.
Author: Artemis Temple in Ephesia | Date: 1st or 2nd century AD
