The bronze is perhaps a Hellenistic work dated to the first century BC and belonged to a Roman villa in Italy before being transported to a villa near Xanten.
During the revolt of the Batavi in 70 A.D. the statue was looted by the Germanic rebels but it sank into the river Rhine.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xantener_Knabe
The bronze is perhaps a Hellenistic work dated to the first century BC and belonged to a Roman villa in Italy before being transported to a villa near Xanten.
During the revolt of the Batavi in 70 A.D. the statue was looted by the Germanic rebels but it sank into the river Rhine.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xantener_Knabe
LVR-Römermuseum, Xanten
Berlin, Neues Museum
Gallo-römisches Museum Lyon
Amfitheater Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Mansio Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Mithräum Xanten