Statuette of Poseidon or of Zeus
- Title:
- Statuette of Poseidon or of Zeus
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900 (cast)
1st or 2nd century CE (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (Room GM 01), Cornell University
- ID Number:
- CCC_0797
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 397
yellowed label on plinth "397"
738 - File Name:
- CCC_0797.tif
- Culture:
- Roman, after Greek
- Style/Period:
- Roman Imperial, after Greek Classical or Hellenistic
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
bronze sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Poseidon (Greek deity)
Zeus (Greek deity) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 16.5 (without base) x 21 (with base) x 6.3 x 6.3 (centimeters, height x height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a bronze statuette of Poseidon or possibly Zeus. The deity stands in contrapposto placing his weight on his straightened right leg. He is nude except for the chlamys draped over his left shoulder that extends to his knee. He also wears a laurel wreath on his head with fillets that fall along his shoulders. His hair is curly and he has a full, bushy beard. He turns his head slightly to his right and looks skyward with a calm expression.
The original from which this cast was made remains to be located, but it is almost identical to a statuette labeled as Poseidon Hippios in the British Museum (no. 1867,0508.743
Bronze 960), identified as such by the horse's head and probable trident held by the figure. The attributes held by the deity represented here are missing along with the lower portions of his arms, seemingly in the original, making his identity slightly less clear. - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Unknown (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. 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 Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.