This plaster cast originates from an original Roman copy of the 2nd century after a Hellenistic original found in Rome, known as either The Dying Seneca or Borghese Fisherman. The history of the statue is not well documented, though it is mentioned in the collection of Cardinal Altemps in 1599 before being acquired by the Cardinal Scipione Borghese.
The figure probably represents an angler, a statue type first created in the Hellenistic period. Heavily restored and placed in a blood-red basin,

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