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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Isis
Alternate Title:
Busto di Iside
Image View:
Overall view from front (only head is original)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. Scu 362
Location Note:
Palazzo Nuovo, Salla delle Colombe; Albani Collection
GPS:
41.893545 12.483240
Date:
ca. 150 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; Egypt--Religion; Restoration and conservation; syncretism
Description:
Only the head is original; the alabaster bust is a modern restoration. Originally the head would have been part of a full-length statue. The head has been identified as Isis, based on her high headdress decorated with a crescent moon, surmounted by a solar disk flanked by two cobras. The Roman copy, datable to middle of the 2nd century CE is based on a 4th century BCE prototype. The form that Isis took among Greeks and Romans was syncretic and combined her Egyptian traits with Greco-Roman ideas. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapit olini.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-IS-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Isis