Collection of the Gods
- Title:
- Collection of the Gods
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- ID Number:
- GI_05_051
- Accession Number:
- 05_2_0607
- Winckelmann No.:
- 607
- File Name:
- GI_05_051.jpg
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- casting (process)
sard - Subject:
- Venus (Roman deity)
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Cupid (Roman deity)
Eros (Greek deity)
Jupiter (Roman deity)
Zeus (Greek deity)
Eagles
Juno (Roman deity)
Hera (Greek deity)
Apollo (Greek deity)
Mercury (Roman deity)
Hermes (Greek deity)
Caduceus
Minerva (Roman deity)
Athena (Greek deity)
Mars (Roman deity)
Ares (Greek deity) - Description:
- Venus forges armor. Venus watches Cupid, who stands on a pedestal. Jupiter sits by an eagle, resting his head on his palm in thought. Juno stands behind while Apollo holds his lyre. Mercury stands in the back holding his caduceus. Minerva converses with Mars.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.