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Source Description
Standing with the weight on the left leg and the right foot to the rear, with the right arm raised and the left lowered. There is a rather long beard, and the long hair on the forehead and at the back of the neck is divided into locks. The modeling of the face and hair is summary. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.This statuette probably represents Poseidon because very frequently Poseidon has the right hand raised to hurl the trident and the lowered left hand holding a dolphin; while Zeus raises his left to grasp a scepter and lowers his right to hold a thunderbolt, which, except in early times, he is not hurling. This rule, however, is not binding.
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Document identity
localId
14018
label
Poseidon or Zeus
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
14018
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Poseidon or Zeus
description
Standing with the weight on the left leg and the right foot to the rear, with the right arm raised and the left lowered. There is a rather long beard, and the long hair on the forehead and at the back of the neck is divided into locks. The modeling of the face and hair is summary. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.This statuette probably represents Poseidon because very frequently Poseidon has the right hand raised to hurl the trident and the lowered left hand holding a dolphin; while Zeus raises his left to grasp a scepter and lowers his right to hold a thunderbolt, which, except in early times, he is not hurling. This rule, however, is not binding.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE-2nd century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statuettes (statues)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm)
Source extras
med
yellow bronze
creator_ids
2185
collection_ids
GRC
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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54fe2c1db6d89260