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| Keywords: Roman - Sucellus - Walters 54998 - Back.jpg Sucellus Sucellus was a major Gaulish deity associated with the underworld whose attributes include his wolf-skin garment a mallet or hammer now missing from his upraised hand and a small jar called an olla This statuette is the earliest and finest of any known Sucellus image The portrayal is reminiscent of Classical Greek style and he resembles the Greek hero Heracles Behind him like a symbol of worship appears an oversized mallet with five smaller mallets radiating from it The statuette was excavated from the lararium household shrine of a Roman house in France century 1 2 bronze with base cm 32 15 5 12 3 accession number 54 998 20962 ProvenanceEvent 1866 discovery Lararium of a house in Vienne France Wills Collection Sale 1894 John Edward Taylor 1894 by purchase Taylor Collection sale 1912 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet cite book D K Hill Catalogue of Classical Bronze Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery 1949 Bronzes grecs et romains recherches récentes 00654643 cite journal D K Hill Le Dieu au maillet de Vienne à la Walters Art Gallery de Baltimore cite book Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann Ikonographie und Stil Zu Tracht und Ausstattung einheimischer Gottheiten in den Nordwestprovinzen 2012 Martine Denoyelle Sophie Descamps-Lequime Benoît Mille et Stéphane Verger Bronzes grecs et romains recherches récentes http //inha revues org/3964 Gallia 11 1953 fr 205-220 Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Sucellus Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
