Caption

Statue of Jupiter of the Capitoline type, unknown Roman workshop, Scen.Gal.Class., deposit, Collection of Ancient Art, Jupiter mythology, Zeus mythology, Roman sculpture, Roman copy after a Hellenistic variant of Phidias's statue of Zeus the Olympian. Zeus seated on a throne set on a rectangular base. Zeus sits stiffly with his torso slightly back. His raised left hand holds a scepter. His right hand rests on his right knee. The right foot is slightly forward. The legs are covered with a himation, which also covers the back and left shoulder. The muscular torso, strongly developed at the shoulders, has naturalistic modeling. The head is disproportionately large, and the face is perfect with a slightly open mouth. The hair is parted from the center anastole. The beard is thick, arranged in strands on the sides and in curls on the chin. Late 2nd–3rd century, Roman Empire 27 BC–476 AD, sculpture, weight 930 kg, A rear view of a stone sculpture depicting a seated male figure with wavy hair and a headband, draped in a textured cloak that falls over his back onto a rough rectangular base; one arm is raised holding a cylindrical object while the other rests at his side, and the visible colors in the image are shades of gray and off-white against a muted gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_187

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Rights managed

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68.7Mb (3.4Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Statue Jupiter Capitoline type unknown Roman workshop Scen.Gal.Class deposit Collection Ancient Art Jupiter mythology Zeus mythology Roman sculpture Roman copy Hellenistic variant Phidias's statue Zeus Olympian Zeus seated throne set rectangular base sits stiffly torso slightly back raised left hand holds scepter right hand rests right knee right foot slightly forward legs covered himation also covers back left shoulder muscular torso strongly developed shoulders naturalistic modeling head disproportionately large face perfect slightly open mouth hair parted center anastole beard thick arranged strands sides curls chin Late 2nd–3rd century Roman Empire 27 BC–476 AD sculpture weight 930 kg rear view stone sculpture depicting seated male figure wavy hair headband draped textured cloak falls rough rectangular base arm raised holding cylindrical object rests side visible colors image shades gray off-white muted gray background.