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Drawings Sculptural relief of Jupiter, at Wilton House

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.60

Artist/Designer/Maker

Lyon, John, Rev - Artist

Production date

1731

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 444mm
Width: 526mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

J. L. de. 1731

Inscription content

L. C.
20 Inches long, 17 Inches wide

References

Reference (free text)

Charles Newton, Notes on the Sculptures at Wilton House (London: John Murray, 1849), pp. 11-12, cat. no. 48.Newton describes the scene as 'Jupiter seated in a chair bearing an eagle on his wrist. Before him a candelabrum, and a young athlete, with his hands in a lebes, or cauldron, placed on a tripod. Above is inscribed, in archaic letters [Greek inscription] 'Mantheus, son of Æthus, offers thanks to Jupiter for his vistory in the Pentathlon (or contest of five games) of youths.'He quotes another author who says it came from the Peloponnese. Newton concludes that the relief is 'an ancient copy of an archaic monument, retouched by some modern hand.'