Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Demeter
Image View:
Detail, head (modern restoration)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps)
GPS:
41.901169 12.473062
Date:
ca. 1st-4th century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
coarse-grained marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); Ceres
Description:
Demeter, goddess of the harvest and fertility, a work from the Imperial Roman period (ca. 1st - 4th centuries CE), made of coarse-grained marble. The head is a modern restoration.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-SD-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Demeter