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Friday, August 3, 2012

Il nudo maschile nella statuaria italiana a tutto tondo all'aperto: GIOVE -- the statue was known in 1785 in Roma, VILLA ALBANI

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A hero or god, probably Zeus. He may have held a sword, and scabbard or shield.
  • Plaster cast: Height: 2.39m.
  • Copy of a marble statue.
  • The statue:
    • is known as the Munich Zeus.
    • is a version of a Greek original of about 440 BC.
    • was known in 1785 in Rome, Villa Albani.
    • is now in Munich, Glyptothek, 295.
Look at casts showing Zeus


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