A BRONZE STATUETTE OF JUPITER DEPICTING ZEUS BRONTAIOS
Ca. 100 AD.
A bronze statuette of Jupiter depicting Zeus Brontaios, the Thunderer, modelled in the round after a statuette by Greek sculptor Leochares (mid-4th century BC); the god standing nude with his weight on his right leg, right arm lowered, and left arm raised, originally holding a thunderbolt, now absent; the expressive face framed by curled hair and beard, the eyes inlaid with silver and hair tied back with a laurel crown; well-defined muscular torso and legs; mounted on a custom made display base. Item comes with a professional historical report from Ancient Report Specialists. See Leventi, ‘Zeus’ in LIMC, nos 195a and Leventi and Machaira, ‘Zeus’ in LIMC, nos. 243-244; Kaufmann-Heinimann, A., Die romischen Bronzen der Schweiz I, Augst 1977, no.17; Christie’s Antiquities, New York, 4 June 2008, lot 255; cf. also The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 22.139.37 and 1997.159, for Jupiter figures in a similar style.
Size: L:With stand: 180mm / W:50mm ; 495g
Provenance: Property of a Sussex, UK, private collector; acquired in Munich, Germany in 2014; formerly acquired on the Bavarian art market in the 1990s; Art Loss Register Certificate: number 7944.CV dated 15 December 2014.
Estimate: GBP 30000 - 50000