Throne of Saturn
unknown (Italian)
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Alternative Title
Trône de Saturne
Date
50-1599Description
Detail, right side, putti with scepter; Relief, so-called "Throne of Saturn." Putti place a sickle and a scepter at the foot of a throne with the planet Saturn underneath. Marble, 1st century AD or 16th century copy (not determined). From Italy. Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room A. Source: Europeana [website]; http://www.europeana.eu/ (accessed 4/16/2011)
Type of Work
bas-relief (sculpture); replicaSubject
allegory, mythology (Classical), Zodiac, Sixteenth century, Neoclassical, Imperial (Roman)
Rights
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