Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Pluto (Hades)
Image View:
Detail, profile view of head
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8584
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
Greek original, 5th century BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Early Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
white and black marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Hades (Greek deity)
Description:
Roman copy (no date given) after a Greek original from the 5th century BCE; the black mantle is a modern (Baroque) addition. The bust has also been described as being of Asclepius. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-BOP-A023
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Pluto (Hades)