3DBigDataSpace Scan-the-World Group of the boy with a goose This sculpture depicts a boy who plays with a goose, pressing it strongly against himself as to strangle it. It is a Roman copy of a bronze original created around 180 B.C. by the sculptor Boethos. This subject was very popular, as testified by the numerous copies that have been identified. In the Cesi and Boncompagni Ludovisi Collections, this sculpture restored in its upper part, was placed next to the statue of Aphrodite on a single base. Scan-the-World creator software, multimedia 2026-05-12 3DBigDataSpace 20188895 39bbac1db9377638192c925a0177b335 10.5281/zenodo.20188895 collection goose sculpture Marble Boy group ludovisi boncompagni cesi cc-by-nc-sa-4.0