Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 160
e is striding forward, with his right hand raised and wielding the trident. His left arm is stretchedforward, the hand being clasped to hold another attribute, which is missing,as is also the trident. He is nude except for a chlamys, which is drapedloosely across his shoulders with both ends… … The chief interest of this statuette lies in the fact that it reproduces the Poseidontype of the striding Poseidon which occurs on the coins of Poseidonia from550-400 B.C. It is probable that the coins wentback to a famous cult statue, which apparentlyconsiderably influenced contemporary and…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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