A ROMAN MARBLE SYLVANUS

CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE SYLVANUS
CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The burly woodland god standing upon an integral plinth with his weight on his right leg, the left leg relaxed and bent at the knee, leaning on a support in the form of a tree stump, a diminutive ram standing beside it, depicted with well-modelled musculature, nude but for boots and his fruit-laden goat skin tied at his right shoulder, draped over his left shoulder and arm, and falling down his back, filled with flora including pine cones, grapes and leaves, a large pine branch supported by his left hand and leaning against his shoulder, holding a now-missing attribute, perhaps a pruning knife, in his right hand, a garland of wheat in his unruly locks, directing his gaze slightly upward and to the right, the unarticulated eyes with heavy lids, his full beard and moustache formed of thick curls
27 1/8 in. (68.9 cm.) high

来源

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12-13 December 1991, lot 113.

拍品专文

Sylvanus was originally a Latin god of the woodlands and agricultural fertility. Adopted by the Romans, his cult gained popularity in the 2nd century A.D., with the statue type deriving from other "father gods" such as Jupiter and Neptune. For a bronze based on the same prototype see no. 50 in von Bothmer, et al., Wealth of the Ancient World, The Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt Collections.