Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Mercury
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Mercury
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Alternate Title:
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Statua di Mercurio
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front; all the attributes of Mercury are additions, not original to the work
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Creator:
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style of Polykleitos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 350 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. Scu 60
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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. 161-180 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 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); Hermes (Greek deity); Mercury (Roman deity); Restoration and conservation
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Description:
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The identification of this youthful figure with Mercury is due to the presence of typical attributes of the god: the winged hat (petasos) and the caduceus (a staff entwined by two serpents), which, like the moneybag held in his left hand, are the results of additions made in a later period; this does not allow secure identification. The statute type, in a pose typical of the sculptor Polykletos, fits the image of young gods such as Mercury, Apollo and the Dioscuri. The statue can be dated to the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE). (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-MER-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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