Inv. n°: MMoCA62

Roman Marble Statue of an Enthroned Zeus Serapis

At his right sits Cerburus, the three-headed dog that guarded the underworld. After an original of Serapis or Hades attributed to the younger Bryaxis, grandson of the master sculptor.

h. 54 x w. 26.5 x d. 15.5 cm

3rd-2nd century AD

Marble

Provenance

  • Ex German private collection
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Athena Gallery, Munich, October 1984
  • Private collection of Seymour Siege, Los Angeles - Scottsdale, August 1991
  • Re-acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries, 2004
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 22nd October 2008, SS0403

Publications

  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 1985, vol. IV, no. 206
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2005, vol. XVI, p. 6, fig. 8
  • J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 93, fig. 36
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 38 and 105
  • C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, 2016, p. 34, fig. 29 and p. 94

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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