AAW2005 catalog - Royal-Athena Galleries

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51 ROMAN BRONZE MARS ULTOR,
wearing a helmet and full armor, his raised left
hand once held a spear. In fine style.
Based upon the statue in the Temple of Mars
Ultor in the Roman Forum.
1st-2nd Century AD. H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.)
Ex German collection.
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ROMAN BRONZE ARES (MARS), god of war,
wearing full armor and holding a shield and
spear. 2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex French collection.
ROMAN BRONZE NUDE HERMES
(MERCURY), messenger of the gods, patron of
travelers, athletes, and merchants, wearing a
winged petasos, a chlamys on his shoulder, and
holding a money purse. Hermes was not only the
messenger of the gods but also the god of business
and commerce.
Anatolia, 2nd Century AD.
H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
Ex J. F. collection, Loveland, Ohio, acquired
from Royal-Athena in 1986. Exhibited: Ohio
State University, 1986-90; Picker Art Gallery,
Colgate University, 1990-2007.
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE ZEUS (JUPITER),
HOLDING A THUNDERBOLT; in his left hand
he once held a scepter. A himation is draped over
his left shoulder and he stands with his weight on
his right leg; after the original Greek sculpture by
Myron, ca. 450 BC.
1st Century AD H. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.)
According to the 1st century BC Greek geographer
Strabo (XIV, 637), the original was part of a
group depicting Athena recommending to Zeus
that the hero Herakles be allowed entry to
Olympus. The original was set up on the island
of Samos but was removed by Marc Antony;
Augustus later returned the Athena and Herakles
but set up the Zeus on the Capitoline. While there
is a large-size marble copy of the returned pair in
the Munich Glyptothek, only small copies of the
Zeus remain with the exception of a torso from the
Marcellus theater in Rome.
See: B. Vierneisel-Schlörb, Glyptothek Munich.
Catalog of the Sculptures 2, 1979.
54 ROMAN BRONZE STANDING NUDE ZEUS,
his right leg advancing, and his right arm outstretched
to support an eagle. His raised left hand
once clenched a spear or thunderbolt; on ancient
bronze spindle base.
1st Century AD. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
Superb olive green patina. Ex European collection
acquired in the 1970s. This work is based on a
Greek original ca. 420 BC.