Title: | Asklepios Giustini type |
Context: | From Athens, Acropolis (S. Slope) |
Summary: | Statue of a bearded male deity |
Object Function: | Cult? |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue |
Category: | Original/copies |
Style: | Late Classical |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Original (lost) |
Date: | ca. 350 BC |
Scale: | Over life-size |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: As restored from copies, this seated statue depicted a bearded male deity, probably Asklepios.
Form & Style: The Asklepios Giustini type has been associated with the cult statue of Asklepios set up in the Asklepieion at Athens, in 420/19, mentioned briefly by
Condition: Lost
Sources Used:
Other Bibliography: E. Reisch, ÖJh 1 (1898) 8