Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Osiris Chronocrator ('Triumphant over Time')
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Osiris Chronocrator ('Triumphant over Time')
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Alternate Title:
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Osiris Cronocrator
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Image View:
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Overall view (with black background)
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Creator:
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unknown, Roman
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv 58206
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Location Note:
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Sciarra Collection
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Date:
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late 2nd century CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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Carrara marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Description:
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From the exhibition titled Rome, The Age of Anquish, held at the Capitoline Museums; listed as Cat.IV.15. Normally in the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano at Palazzo Altemps. The snake symbolizes the passage of time; "chronocrator" indicates Osiris is conquering time. The Egyptian deity Osiris was integrated into Greek, but especially Roman culture through identification with Dionysus (and thus aspects of joy); the Greeks called this deity Serapis. This figure marks a return to the original association of Osiris with death and the afterlife.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-SOC-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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