Sculptor:

Unknown (Italian)  Search this

Landscape architect:

Innocenti, Umberto  Search this

Webel, Richard K.  Search this

Innocenti and Webel  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: stone; Base: brick

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by Garden Club of North Carolina P. O. Box 1150 Manteo North Carolina 27954

Located Elizabethan Gardens Sunken Garden Manteo North Carolina 27954

Date:

Ca. 1300-1699. Installed ca. 1906. Relocated 1953

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.

Summary:

Full-length figure of Jupiter stands on a square base with his symbol, the eagle. He holds a double-ended object in his proper right hand, symbolic of a thunderbolt. He appears to be nude except for a loosely wrapped cloak.

Topic:

Mythology--Classical--Jupiter  Search this

Animal--Bird--Eagle  Search this

Control number:

IAS NC000319

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_333276