Kopf des Poseidon
2. Jh. n. Chr.
In 1897, this head of Poseidon was found in the theatre; his body had been discovered thirty years earlier by British archaeologists and is now in London. By producing and exchanging plaster casts scholars were able to prove that the two fragments belong together. The god of the Sea with trident and dolphin is a repetition of a well-known motif (Lateran type) whose model may be by the Greek sculptor Lysippus.
In 1897, this head of Poseidon was found in the theatre; his body had been discovered thirty years earlier by British archaeologists and is now in London. By producing and exchanging plaster casts scholars were able to prove that the two fragments belong together. The god of the Sea with trident and dolphin is a repetition of a well-known motif (Lateran type) whose model may be by the Greek sculptor Lysippus.
Time:
2. Jh. n. Chr.
Object Name
Kopf
Culture
Römisch
Location of discovery:
Ephesos Theater (Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei)
Material/technology:
Marmor, weiß, feinkörnig
Dimensions:
L/H 21 × B 15,9 × D/T 14,4 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, I 836
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1911 nachträglich inventarisiert
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