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Title
Antinous
as
Osiris
,
front
view
.
Date
130 [CE]?
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian
Middle Eastern
African
North African
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Imperial (Roman)
Hadrianic
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Statues
Busts
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Portraits
Historiated portraits
Men (male humans)
Pharaohs
Rulers (people)
Leaders (people)
Royalty
Monarchs
Upper class
Costume (mode of fashion)
Nemes
Headdresses
Headgear
Headcloths (headgear)
Uraeus
Snakes
Power
Symbolism (artistic concept)
Symbols
Gods
Mythology (literary genre)
Myths (literary documents)
Legends (folk tales)
Folk tales
Folklore
Subject
Sculpture
Portraits
Men
Rulers
People associated with politics & government
Upper class
Clothing & dress
Headdresses
Headgear
Snakes
Reptiles
Cobras
Power (Social sciences)
Symbols
Gods
People associated with religion
Myths
Legends
Supernatural beings
Fictitious characters
Description
Portrait
bust
. "
Several
statues
portraying
Antinous
as
Osiris
share
the
same
features
. They
represent
the
young
Bithynian
,
who
drowned
in the
Nile
in
130
A.D
.,
wearing
a
nemes
, an
Egyptian
headdress
made
of
starched
cloth
,
decorated
in
front
with an
ureus
, or
rearing
cobra
, a
symbol
of
royal
power
.
[…]
The
Louvre
head
differs
in that
it
includes
curls
,
which
hide
the
ears
, and a
fringe
along
the
forehead
with a
forked
strand
of
divergent
locks
in the
center
, a
capillary
feature
found
in
other
effigies
of a
bareheaded
Antinous.
"
(Excerpt
from
catalogue
entry
by
Jean-Luc
Martinez
,
p
.
86)
.
Discovered
in
Tivoli
(Italy)
,
Villa
Hadriana
, in
1769
.
Revolutionary
seizure
in
1798
,
formerly
in the
Albani
collection
(MA
433-INV
.
MR
16)
.
Restorer
:
H
.
Bluzat
,
2006
.
People Pictured
Antinous, ca. 110-130
Osiris (Egyptian deity)
Material
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 29 7/8 in (76 cm)
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Portraits
Busts
Repository
Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source
Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.86, cat.27).
Rights
Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
762-09.jpg
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