Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Osiris Chronocrator ('Triumphant over Time')
Alternate Title:
Osiris Cronocrator
Image View:
Three-quarter view of upper body with clenched hands
Creator:
unknown, Roman
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv 58206
Location Note:
Sciarra Collection
Date:
late 2nd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
Carrara marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
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.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-SOC-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Osiris Chronocrator ('Triumphant over Time')