A LARGE PLASTER BUST OF THE OTRICOLI ZEUS ON A TALL SCAGLIOLA AND FOSSIL MARBLE PEDESTAL

IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY ZEUS WAS 'FATHER OF THE GODS AND MEN' AND WAS GOD OF THE SKY AND THUNDER; ZEUS WAS NAMED JUPITER IN ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. THE PRESENT EXAMPLE IS AFTER THE CIRCA 3RD CENTURY ORIGINAL EXCAVATED IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY AT OTRICOLI, ITALY, NOW IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE VATICAN MUSEUM, ROME.