Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Bust of Serapis
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Bust of Serapis
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Alternate Title:
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Busto di Serapide
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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after unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor); Bryaxis (Ancient Greek sculptor, active 2nd half of 4th century BCE)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 245
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Location Note:
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Museo Pio-Clementino; Sala Rotonda
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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Roman copy, 180-200 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; 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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white marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Egypt--Religion; sun god; Graeco-Egyptian; Ptolemaic; syncretism
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Description:
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Colossal bust of Serapis, in the style of an original from the Serapeum of Alexandria attributed to Bryaxis of 320-310 BCE. Roman copy dated 180-200 CE. Found in 1771 in the area of the Villa of Gallieno on the Appian Way and sold to the museum by Gavin Hamilton. The Graeco-Egyptian god has the "calathus" (extensively restored) on his head in the shape of a "modius" (cylindrical container use to hold and measure wheat). His hair is bound by a band which has holes for fixing the seven bronze rays (now lost) which identify Serapis with Helios / Sol. Serapis continued to increase in popularity during the Roman period. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivaticani.va/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-VM-BOS-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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