Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Artemis
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Artemis
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. Scu 62
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Campidoglio 1
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GPS:
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+41.893021+12.4825
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Date:
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ca. 138-193 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Antonine; 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 and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; human figure; mythology (Classical); Artemis (Greek deity); Diana (Roman deity); Antonine period; hunting; dog
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Description:
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The statue features Artemis/Diana. The goddess is wearing a short tunic (chiton), a cloak knotted horizontally on the waist with wide puffs and high hunting footwear. The statuary type is known through numerous copies and most likely derives from an original dating to the end of the 4th century BCE. The structure of the face, the puffy cheeks and the rather fat throat date the statue to the Antonine period; in fact, traits such as the fleshy lips and smallish mouth, find parallels in female portraits of the same period. The work was found at Villa d’Este in Tivoli; later acquired by Benedict XIV, the statue was donated to the museum in 1753. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapitolini.org/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-CM-DIA-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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