Harvard Art Museums > 1920.44.145: Man Seated on a Rockwork Throne Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Man Seated on a Rockwork Throne , 1920.44.145,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292562. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1920.44.145 Title Man Seated on a Rockwork Throne Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 4th-3rd century BCE Period Ptolemaic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292562 Physical Descriptions Medium Limestone, of type found on Cyprus Dimensions 12.7 x 9 cm (5 x 3 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton Accession Year 1920 Object Number 1920.44.145 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 199038 Man Seated on a Rockwork Throne The figure is badly damaged from the shoulder down on the right side. The left knee, the lower part of Eros, and the attributes and left arm of the seated figure have also suffered. A large round hole runs through, front to back, just above the ground. The figure is seated with a recumbent sphinx at his left side, and an Eros riding a dolphin at his left leg. The figure is portly and wears a cloak covering the back and the left shoulder. The other end of the cloak seems to cover the subject's right leg and hand down beside the right foot. He may also be wearing a Hellenistic cuirass with skirts, although the condition of the front makes detail hard to see. The Eros touches the figure's left knee with the right hand and the Sphinx's right paw with the left hand. D. G. Mitten has suggested this man may be one of the early Ptolemies (either Ptolemy II or III), who claimed not only Egypt (hence the sphinx) but also Cyprus, the island of Aphrodite's birth (hence her son Eros, riding on a dolphin). Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p.55, no. 38 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
