Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Jupiter (Zeus) Relief
Alternate Title:
Ludovisi Zeus
Image View:
Overall view from front
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8635
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
Greek original, ca. 420-380 BCE (other); Roman copy, ca. 100-150 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
medium-grained crystalline marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Jupiter (Roman deity); Zeus (Greek deity)
Description:
Roman copy, circa first half of the 2nd century CE, based on a Greek original of the late 5th or early 4th century BCE (possibly from a larger relief.) Modern restoration of the nose, lips, neck and torso. Traces of red pigment remain as a foundation for gilding the beard curls. From the Ludovisi collection. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-BOJU-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Jupiter (Zeus) Relief