Selected Web Resources on Young Boy

bronze statue of a boy (Metropolitan Museum in New York)
portrait of a Roman boy (Nelson-Atkins Museum)
Togate statue of a youth (Detroit Institute of Art)
portrait of a boy (Hermitage Museum)
bust of young man from the family of Augustus (Hermitage Museum)
Image of a boy reciting a lesson
image of a boy with a capsa, a container of scrolls (Lacus Curtius); another boy with capsa (VRoma)
Roman sarcophagus of M. Cornelius Statius showing the stages of a young boy's life, 2nd century CE, Louvre (VRoma)
- detail, left—mother nurses infant while father looks on
- detail, center—father holds infant; youth rides in chariot drawn by goat
- detail, right—youth recites lesson before tutor
A Roman Family in their holiday best at the Porta Consolare (Lacus Curtius)
bronze coin of Domitian, one of a series of coins issued to commemorate his celebration of the Secular Games in 88 CE;
depicts the emperor with a choral procession of boys and girls in honor of the gods Apollo and Diana. London, British Museum (VRoma)
mosaic from private Roman villa depicting a boy "charioteer" driving chariot pulled by birds, receiving palm of victory fourth century CE, Piazza Armerina (VRoma)
Roman mosaic of servant boy in kitchen scene (with figs, fish, etc.) Hermitage Museum (VRoma)