Statue of a daughter of Niobe, found buried in the gardens of the Horti Sallustiani, built in the 5th century BCE and now located in the National Roman Museum of Palazzo Massimo (3024×4032) [OC]

The statue was found buried in a cubicle 11 meters underground, perhaps hidden to protect it from the destructive fury of the barbarians during the invasions of the fifth century AD. It depicts one of Niobe's daughters in the act of falling to the ground, having been wounded by an arrow lodged between her shoulder blades, and which she tries in vain to extract.