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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-015. (A) God of medicine, healing, rejuvenation, and physicians Asclepios (Aesculapius) holding a rod (crooked tree branch?) entwined by a snake (head is missing). (B) God Asclepios (Aesculapius) holding a rod (club?) entwined by a climbing snake. |
| Item: | Medium: | Category (Object): |
Artist/Workshop: | Historical/Art Period, Date: |
Provenience: | Collection: |
| A. | Marble | Sculpture (Carved statue) |
Unknown | Roman Imperial, 200-300 AD (Roman copy of the Late Hellenistic ori-ginal, 100-30 BC?) |
Ostia, Lazio, Central Italy |
Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Chiaramonti), Vatican, Inventory № 1248 |
| B. | Marble | Sculpture (Carved statue) |
Unknown | Roman Imperial, 200-225 AD (Roman copy of the Late Hellenistic ori-ginal, 100-30 BC?) |
TBD, Central Italy (?) |
Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Chiaramonti), Vatican, Inventory № 1572 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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