CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE SEATED JUPITER
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high

Provenance

with Loumos, New York.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above, circa 1965; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

The thunderbolt in the seated god’s hand identifies him as Jupiter. For similar depictions of the god from the Capitoline Triad, where he is shown alongside Juno and Minerva, see nos. 479-480 and 492 in F. Canciani and A. Constantini, "Zeus/Iuppiter," LIMC, vol. VIII.

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