Colossal bust (reproduction)

Museum number:
21-277
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.193
Description:
Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Maker or artist:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Colossal bust (reproduction), accession number 21-277, described as Cast of colossal bust of Serapis or Jupiter Serapis. From a marble in the Vatican, Rome. Restored: all but the bottom of the modius, large piece at back of head, nose, fragments of hair and robe. The original was found on the Appian Way, nine miles from Rome. Serapis was sometimes worshipped as a sun god, “this head was surrounded with metal aureole of rays, which were fastened in the holes bored in the filler.” Helbig, no. 304. Seems to date from the time of Antonines.

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