Author: Antoine-François Calle
Title: Jupiter and Ceres
Year: 1777
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Museum of Fine Arts
Tag: #jupiter
[Jupiter of Smyrna]
Title: Jupiter of Smyrna
Year: ~250 AD
Medium: marble
Location: Musée du Louvre
( Statue of a male deity known as “Jupiter of Smyrna”. Found in 1680 in Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey), the statue was brought to Louis XIV and restored as a Zeus ca. 1686 by Pierre Granier, who added the arm raising the thunderbolt. Marble, middle 2nd century AD. )
[Claudius as Jupiter]
”Statue of Claudius as Jupiter”
This marble statue of Claudius portrays him as the embodiment of Jupiter with the sceptre, a sign of Jupiter’s absolute rule. He also has the eagle by his side which also accompanied Jupiter, but instead of holding a lighting bolt he holds a libation dish offering a libation for his country. 1st century A.D. Vatican Museums, Rome
[Jupiter Chariot between Justice and Piety]
Title: Jupiter Chariot between Justice and Piety
Author: Noël Coypel
Year: 1671
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Château de Versailles France
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