Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Asclepius
Alternate Title:
Asklepios
Image View:
Overall view from the right
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8645
Location Note:
via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps); Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901169 12.473062
Date:
ca. 1st century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
183 cm (height)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Aesculapius (Greek deity)
Description:
Asclepius was a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today. The statue was restored in 1627. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fond azionezeri.unibo.it/ )
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-ASK-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Asclepius