Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Ceres (or Juno)
Image View:
Detail, head (antique but not original to the statue)
Creator:
Giovanni Pierantoni (Italian restorer, 1744-1817); style of Phidias (Ancient Greek sculptor, ca. 500 - ca. 432 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 254
Location Note:
Museo Pio-Clementino; Sala Rotonda
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
Greek original, ca. 430 BCE (creation); Roman copy, ca. 100-120 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Ceres (Roman deity); Restoration and conservation
Description:
Formerly on display in the courtyard of the Apostolic Chancery, it was moved to the museums in 1782 and restored by Giovanni Pierantoni. Portrays a female deity, Ceres or possibly Juno, and sculpted in the first decades of the second century CE. Modeled on a Greek cultic statue in the style of Phidias, ca. 430 BCE. The head is antique, but not original and was added at the time of restoration. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivati cani.va/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-VM-SOC-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Ceres (or Juno)