File:Luna, back - Getty Museum (96.AB.38).jpg

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Ancient Roman bronze statuette of the moon goddess in the Getty Villa

Object

Luna  wikidata:Q124842464 reasonator:Q124842464
Artist
Unknown authorUnknown author Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Luna Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Luna Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Luna Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type figurine Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description

This Roman bronze statuette depicts a female figure suspended in the air with her toes pointed as if about to land. She wears a peplos with a heavy mantle draped over her arms and blown upward over her head as though by a strong wind. Her left hand is raised to hold the edge of her peplos, and her right grasps an object that is difficult to identify. It might be an alabastron, a small vessel for precious liquids, or it may be the end of a short, down-turned torch.

The windblown mantle and the alighting posture characterize the figure as a personification of nature, especially the celestial forces. Her attribute, either a torch, or perhaps a vessel of dew or dreams, gives her a nocturnal aspect. She has been thought to represent Nyx, the goddess of the night, but is more likely Luna (the Greek Selene), the moon goddess.

Archival photographs prior to the acquisition of the statuette show the figure placed atop a bronze sphere on a low cylindrical base. It is uncertain whether these are original to the piece, but since the figure cannot stand on its own, it must have originally been part of a larger object.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Depicted people Luna Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 100 BC and 100 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium bronze Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 25.4 cm (10 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 10 cm (3.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; depth: 8 cm (3.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+25.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+10U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,+8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 206, Collecting Antiquities
Accession number
96.AB.38 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Roman Empire Edit this at Wikidata
References J. Paul Getty Museum object ID: 10402Y Edit this at Wikidata

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English: Ancient Roman bronze statuette of the moon goddess in the Getty Villa Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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The Getty Center, Object 10402Y

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Author J. Paul Getty Museum
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