Statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions
Bronze.Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
30.5 × 139.1 cm. Inv. No. 97.22.24.New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions.
Bronze.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
30.5 × 139.1 cm.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
30.5 × 139.1 cm.
Inv. No. 97.22.24.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Origin:
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897.
Description:
The group represents the cult image of the goddess Cybele enthroned on a cart drawn by two lions. Spouts formerly projecting from the open mouths of the lions. The original cart, harness, and throne no longer survive. The rear left wheel is a 19th century restoration.
Literature:
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 258, pp. 128—130, New York: Gilliss Press.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1917. Handbook of the Classical Collection. p. 184, fig. 113, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 307—308, fig. 218, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 307—308, fig. 218, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 12, 14, fig. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 12, 14, fig. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi. 1958. Enciclopedia dell’Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale, Vol. 2. p. 364, fig. 526, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. no. 108, p. 140, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1997. Vol. 8: Thespiades-Zodiacus. “Kybele”, p. 760, no. 94, pl. 515, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Bowden, Hugh. 2010. Mystery Cults in the Ancient World. pp. 94, 118, pl. IX, London: Thames and Hudson.
Woolf, Greg. 2012. Rome: An Empire’s Story. p. 124, fig. 8, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zanker, Paul, Seán Hemingway, Christopher S. Lightfoot, and Joan R. Mertens. 2019. Roman Art : A Guide through the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Collection. no. 118, pp. 243—244, New York: Scala Publishers.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1917. Handbook of the Classical Collection. p. 184, fig. 113, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 307—
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 307—
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 12, 14, fig. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 12, 14, fig. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi. 1958. Enciclopedia dell’Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale, Vol. 2. p. 364, fig. 526, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. no. 108, p. 140, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1997. Vol. 8: Thespiades-Zodiacus. “Kybele”, p. 760, no. 94, pl. 515, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Bowden, Hugh. 2010. Mystery Cults in the Ancient World. pp. 94, 118, pl. IX, London: Thames and Hudson.
Woolf, Greg. 2012. Rome: An Empire’s Story. p. 124, fig. 8, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zanker, Paul, Seán Hemingway, Christopher S. Lightfoot, and Joan R. Mertens. 2019. Roman Art : A Guide through the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Collection. no. 118, pp. 243—
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