Zeus of Otricoli
Zeus of Otricoli
by Virgil Finlay |
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Zeus of
Otricoli |
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The Virgil Finlay drawing was made for an astrology magazine.
The Zeus of Otricoli is an Ancient Roman marble bust found in Otricoli in 1175. It is now in the Pio-Clementine Vatican Museum. It is presumed to be a Roman
copy of a Hellenistic original. The bust was restored in 1783 by Giovanni Pierantoni. He added the bust, neck and back of the head that it must originally
been part of the colossal statue showing Zeus seated on a throne.
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