Aesculapius, (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, Ma 639, LL14) : Overall view from the front

Creator:
Timotheos, active 380-350 BCE
Unknown
Published/Created:
Purchased in 1815, Albani Collection, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Île-de-France, France Ma 639, LL14
Roman copy 2nd century CE
Physical Description:
2.30 m (height)
Date Depicted:
5/4/2009
Materials:
marble
Notes:
Roman copy after an original created in the first half of the 4th century BCE by Timotheos. Restored by the workshop of B. Cavaceppi in the 18th century. The statue belonged to a group of ten divinities formerly displayed in the semicircular portico of the Villa Albani. Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), the nephew of Pope Clement XI, was one of the greatest collectors in 18th-century Rome. The collection he installed in the Villa de la Porta Salaria, inaugurated in 1763, was widely studied. It was there that Winckelmann and Cavaceppi laid the foundations for modern art history and restoration.
Period/Style:
Classical
Greco-Roman
Culture:
Ancient Roman
Greek (ancient)
Accession Number:
7A3-G-L-ES-A01
Genre:
architecture (AAT)
sculpture (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Rights:
Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Digital:
visual works; sculpture (visual work)
Source Creator:
Gilchrist, Scott
Source Title:
Archivision Addition Module Eight
Source Created:
2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
Source Note:
Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
Paris, France: Musée du Louvre
Local Record Number:
4654
OID:
10903989
PID:
digcoll:1842874