Statue of Asclepius
Transparent marble of average granularity, carrara marble in the restored parts.Roman copy. Inv. No. 369713.Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps
Statue of Asclepius.
Transparent marble of average granularity, carrara marble in the restored parts.
Roman copy.
Roman copy.
Inv. No. 369713.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Altemps).
Origin:
The Altemps collection.
Additions: the right hand with a brush prior to the beginning of the staff, the nose and the ringlet of the beard, the hair on rhe temples. The staff is made of original fragments with the addition, simulating a head of a snake. The head does not approach.
Additions: the right hand with a brush prior to the beginning of the staff, the nose and the ringlet of the beard, the hair on rhe temples. The staff is made of original fragments with the addition, simulating a head of a snake. The head does not approach.
Description:
The head which does not belong to the statue is presumably a copy of a head of the philosopher Solon.
Literature:
Palazzo Altemps 1987, pp. 156—158, n. 10 (G. Messineo); POLIGNAC 1993, p. 72, f. 29, fig. 16; LIMC, II, 1, p. 884, n. 266 (B. Holtzmann).
Credits:
© 2002 Photo, text: Scultura antica in Palazzo Altemps. Museo Nazionale Romano. Electa, Milano, p. 123.
fotografie di Eugenio Monti.
fotografie di Eugenio Monti.
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines ελληνική φιγούρα greek figures greeks figura greca figure greche greco greci griechische figur figuren grieche griechen grecque grecques grec grecs ρωμαϊκό αντίγραφο copy copia kopie copie ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca mythology mitologia mythologie ἄγαλμα άγαλμα statua statuae statue statues statui statuen statuons ασκληπιός deus asclepius asklepios god dio asclepio gott dieu asclépios απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt ποιητής σόλων solon poet statesman poeta politico solone dichter staatsmann poète politicien transparent marble of average granularity luna luni carrara marmo lunense aesculapius collection altemps himatius rod wand snake serpent patera closed footwear philosopher inv no 369713 alt. 204~
