Statue: Arete Kelsou

Hellenistisch-römisch, Mittlere Kaiserzeit, Torso hellenistisch, Kopf 2. Jh. n. Chr.

 

 

Arete Kelsou

This Hellenistic female statue was repurposed as the personification of competence (Lat. virtus), one of the most cherished character traits of a Roman citizen. Note the luxurious rendering complete with delicate robe and serpent bracelet typical of an honorary statue. The separately-make and then inserted head was adapted from an Antonine portrait.

Location: Neue Burg, Ephesos Museum Jagdplateau 3

Object data

Object Name

Statue

Culture

Hellenistisch-römisch

Period

Mittlere Kaiserzeit

Dated

Torso hellenistisch, Kopf 2. Jh. n. Chr.

Site

Ephesos , Celsusbibliothek , Umgebung , Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei

Material

Marmor

Dimensions

H. 198,5 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung

Inv. No.

Antikensammlung, I 852

Provenance

Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1911 nachträglich inventarisiert

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