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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Braschi Antinous
Work_PrefTitle
Braschi Antinous
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Colossus of Antinous
Work_AltTitle
Colossus of Antinous
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Detail of head wreathed with ivy leaves and berries from below left
Image_Title
Detail of head wreathed with ivy leaves and berries from below left
Image View
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
Agent_Display
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 256
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 256
Location
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Location Note:
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Pio Clementino Museum, Round Hall (Sala Rotonda)
Work_LocationNotes
Pio Clementino Museum, Round Hall (Sala Rotonda)
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.906389 12.454444
GPS
41.906389 12.454444
GPS
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Date:
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ca. 135 CE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 135 CE (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
Work_Culture
Roman (ancient)
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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sculpture
Work_Classification
sculpture
Classification
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Material:
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marble
Work_MaterialDisplay
marble
Material
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
Work_Technique
carving (processes)
Technique
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Measurements:
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11 ft (height)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
11 ft (height)
Measurements
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Description:
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This colossal sculpture was found in excavations in 1792-1793 in an area presumed to have been the villa of Hadrian at Praeneste, today Palestrina. It was restored by Giovanni Pierantoni and exhibited in the Palazzo Braschi in Rome until 1844; it eventually moved to the Vatican Museums. Antinous was Hadrian's favorite who drowned in the waters of the Nile in 130 CE and was immediately made a god by the Emperor. Is this statue, which dates from the years immediately following his death, Antinous is shown in a syncretic Dionysus-Osiris pose. On his head is a crown of leaves and ivy berries, and a diadem which at the top would originally have held a cobra (uraeus) or a lotus flower, but which the modern restorers have replaced with a large bud more like a magnolia (this is frequently also referred to as a "pine cone", but it is the thyrsus staff which is topped with a pine cone). (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va /)
Work_Description_Sou rce
This colossal sculpture was found in excavations in 1792-1793 in an area presumed to have been the villa of Hadrian at Praeneste, today Palestrina. It was restored by Giovanni Pierantoni and exhibited in the Palazzo Braschi in Rome until 1844; it eventually moved to the Vatican Museums. Antinous was Hadrian's favorite who drowned in the waters of the Nile in 130 CE and was immediately made a god by the Emperor. Is this statue, which dates from the years immediately following his death, Antinous is shown in a syncretic Dionysus-Osiris pose. On his head is a crown of leaves and ivy berries, and a diadem which at the top would originally have held a cobra (uraeus) or a lotus flower, but which the modern restorers have replaced with a large bud more like a magnolia (this is frequently also referred to as a "pine cone", but it is the thyrsus staff which is topped with a pine cone). (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va /)
Description
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-VM-CA-A13
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-VM-CA-A13
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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