TM0042
Statue Zeus
TM0042
Statue Zeus
Color: Marble
HISTORIC PROVENANCE
The Bust of Zeus is inspired by a marble head of Zeus Ammon (ca. A.D. 120–160) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Zeus Ammon’s sanctuary at the Oasis of Siwa in the Libyan desert was already known when Alexander the Great made his pilgrimage there in 331 B.C. Legend says that the young king was proclaimed son of Zeus Ammon by the Oracle. The original Roman bust of the god combines the ram’s horns of the Egyptian Ammon with the classical Greek depiction of a bearded Zeus. It is thought that perhaps the sculpture was created in Egypt in the years following Alexander’s visit to Siwa. This serene reinterpretation has been carefully hand carved in marble, which delivers beautiful variations in color and natural veins.
Dimensions:
All dimensions mentioned in the descriptions are approximate and subject to change (with a tolerance of 2 percent).
W. 26 | D. 20 | H. 40 cm- Online Only
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