A Marble Figure of Zeus, Roman Imperial, Asia Minor, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.

inspired by a Greek original of the 5th Century B.C., the god standing on a profiled base with the weight on his left leg and formerly holding a staff in his missing raised left hand, and wearing sandals and himation falling from the left shoulder, the eagle standing on a thunderbolt at his feet, the head (not belonging) with full beard and long hair bound in a diadem; the nose, neck, small areas of the drapery, as well as the head and top of the eagle's left wing restored in marble; the arms of the god and his scepter probably also once restored in marble; on a late 19th Century gray-veined white marble base.

19th century or earlier collection (based on restoration techniques and base)
estate of a French print dealer, Paris
southern French art market, acquired from the above collector's widow
acquired by the present owner from the above

As described in the catalogue, surface vigorously mechanically cleaned.
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For related examples cf. W. Amelung, Die Sculpturen des Vaticanischen Museums, vol. II, Berlin, 1908, p. 226, no. 84 A, pl. 8 (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/19446), and D. Mustilli, Il Museo Mussolini, Rome, 1939, p. 82, no. 3, pl. L, 202 (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/16151).