Exhibit#1 Brookgreen Collection
Zeus
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| Accession# |
1932.017 |
| Artist |
Aitken, Robert Ingersoll |
| Collection |
Art Objects |
| Credit line |
Purchased by Archer M. Huntington |
| Date |
c.1915 |
| Description |
"Zeus" by Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Figure/male/Zeus/bird/eagle/myth
"The powerful form of the god is seated on a low throne, one foot resting on a footstool. In one hand he holds a staff, and raised in the other a sheaf of thunderbolts. A piece of drapery falls in regular pleats over one shoulder and across the thighs. An eagle stands by the throne." (Proske 144)
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| Dimensions |
H-101.7 W-30 D-30.2 cm |
| Home Location |
LOA/radial bed/left side |
| Makers mark |
GORHAM CO FOUNDERS |
| Material |
Bronze |
| Medium |
Metal/bronze/cast |
| Object ID |
S.1932.017 |
| Object Name |
Sculpture |
| Recfrom |
Gorham Company |
| Sig Loc |
on base at right |
| Signed Name |
dot in a triangle in a circle |
| Sub-category |
Art |
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Museum.
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Last modified on: October 11, 2007
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