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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Ivory Mask of Apollo
Work_PrefTitle
Ivory Mask of Apollo
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view of the life-size mask from the left side
Image_Title
Overall view of the life-size mask from the left side
Image View
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Creator:
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probably by unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Agent_Display
probably by unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
Work_LocationNotes
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
Location Note
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GPS:
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41.901359 12.498249
GPS
41.901359 12.498249
GPS
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Date:
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probably 1st century BCE (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
probably 1st century BCE (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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Early Imperial; Greco-Roman; Late Republican
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Early Imperial; Greco-Roman; Late Republican
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 and Installations
Work_Classification
Sculpture and Installations
Classification
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Material:
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ivory
Work_MaterialDisplay
ivory
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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10 in (height, aprox.; life-size)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
10 in (height, aprox.; life-size)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Apollo (Greek deity); art theft; looting; chryselephantine
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
deities; mythology (Classical); Apollo (Greek deity); art theft; looting; chryselephantine
Subjects
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Description:
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Probably made in the 1st century BCE by a Roman workshop which recreated the refined Greek Phidian models of the 5th century BCE. It would have once been part of a chryselephantine (ivory and gold) statue. These were built around wooden frames and overlaid with the ivory and gold sheathing. Such statues were rare, and historians believe that all seventy-four of Rome's chryselephantine statues vanished when it was sacked by Alaric, chief of the barbarian Visigoths, in 410 CE. Although dozens of fragments are known to have survived, only one other life-size figure has been found in Italy (now in the Apostolic Library in the Vatican). The mask was originally discovered in 1995 by notorious tombarolo (tomb robber) Pietro Casasanta near the remains of the Baths of Claudius, north of Rome. From there it was smuggled out of Italy; it was seized from the London antiquities dealer Robin Symes in 2003 and returned to Italy. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Probably made in the 1st century BCE by a Roman workshop which recreated the refined Greek Phidian models of the 5th century BCE. It would have once been part of a chryselephantine (ivory and gold) statue. These were built around wooden frames and overlaid with the ivory and gold sheathing. Such statues were rare, and historians believe that all seventy-four of Rome's chryselephantine statues vanished when it was sacked by Alaric, chief of the barbarian Visigoths, in 410 CE. Although dozens of fragments are known to have survived, only one other life-size figure has been found in Italy (now in the Apostolic Library in the Vatican). The mask was originally discovered in 1995 by notorious tombarolo (tomb robber) Pietro Casasanta near the remains of the Baths of Claudius, north of Rome. From there it was smuggled out of Italy; it was seized from the London antiquities dealer Robin Symes in 2003 and returned to Italy. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Description
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PM-IMA-A02
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-R-PM-IMA-A02
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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