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Detail of a Portrait of a Woman as Cybele in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Title: Statue of a Seated Cybele with the Portrait Head of her Priestess
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Roman
Place: Roman Empire (Place created)
Date: about A.D. 50
Medium: Marble
Object Number: 57.AA.19
Dimensions: 162 × 70 × 64.5 cm (63 3/4 × 27 9/16 × 25 3/8 in.)
Alternate Titles: Seated Woman with Divine Attributes (Display Title)
Object Type: Mythological figure
Found in Rome in the 1500s, this large statue of a seated woman portrays Cybele, the mother goddess, with many of her attributes, each signifying a different role. She wears a crown in the form of a towered wall, a symbol of her role as protectress of cities. Her right hand holds a bunch of wheat and poppy heads, a symbol of her role as a goddess of agriculture. Her most famous attribute, the lion, sits at her feet, symbolizing her power over wild animals. Under her left arm she holds additional symbols: the rudder and the cornucopia.
This statue's most unusual feature is its face, which belongs to an older Roman matron, not an idealized goddess. Wealthy Roman women would frequently commission portraits of themselves depicted as if they were goddesses. Cybele is an unusual choice, however, which may indicate that this woman was a priestess in the goddess's service.
Cybele's cult was introduced to Rome in 204 B.C. from its home in the Near East. Worship in the cult included ritual flagellation and castration; it was initially discouraged for Roman citizens. By the time this portrait was created, however, many of the cult's wilder aspects had been tamed or eliminated.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6511/unknown-maker-statue-of-a-seated-cybele-with-the-portrait-head-of-her-priestess-roman-about-ad-50
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Roman
Place: Roman Empire (Place created)
Date: about A.D. 50
Medium: Marble
Object Number: 57.AA.19
Dimensions: 162 × 70 × 64.5 cm (63 3/4 × 27 9/16 × 25 3/8 in.)
Alternate Titles: Seated Woman with Divine Attributes (Display Title)
Object Type: Mythological figure
Found in Rome in the 1500s, this large statue of a seated woman portrays Cybele, the mother goddess, with many of her attributes, each signifying a different role. She wears a crown in the form of a towered wall, a symbol of her role as protectress of cities. Her right hand holds a bunch of wheat and poppy heads, a symbol of her role as a goddess of agriculture. Her most famous attribute, the lion, sits at her feet, symbolizing her power over wild animals. Under her left arm she holds additional symbols: the rudder and the cornucopia.
This statue's most unusual feature is its face, which belongs to an older Roman matron, not an idealized goddess. Wealthy Roman women would frequently commission portraits of themselves depicted as if they were goddesses. Cybele is an unusual choice, however, which may indicate that this woman was a priestess in the goddess's service.
Cybele's cult was introduced to Rome in 204 B.C. from its home in the Near East. Worship in the cult included ritual flagellation and castration; it was initially discouraged for Roman citizens. By the time this portrait was created, however, many of the cult's wilder aspects had been tamed or eliminated.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6511/unknown-maker-statue-of-a-seated-cybele-with-the-portrait-head-of-her-priestess-roman-about-ad-50
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