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Statuette of Asklepios
Roman
Imperial Period
2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7484
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 096; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 120 (additional published references).
DescriptionBearded and long haired Asklepios, god of healing, wears full cloak (himation) over his bare torso--the heavy garment is wound around his waist and tucked under his right arm. Ornate openwork shoes of the type found on Hellenistic sculptures from Pergamon. The serpent-entwined staff still a symbol of the medical profession today is in his lowered left hand, and the right hand is on his hip.
The pose and drapery conform to the Hellenistic types of fourth and third century BC marble sculptures set up in the sanctuaries to Asklepios (e.g. Kos, Epidauros), Such small scale statuettes were offered as votives of thanks or in hopes of cures at healing sanctuaries through the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Dark green patina. The base is modern.
The pose and drapery conform to the Hellenistic types of fourth and third century BC marble sculptures set up in the sanctuaries to Asklepios (e.g. Kos, Epidauros), Such small scale statuettes were offered as votives of thanks or in hopes of cures at healing sanctuaries through the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Dark green patina. The base is modern.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought (indirectly) from Furtwaengler); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December, 1901