Zeus and the Giants Fragment Reduction and Restoration - Item #532

  9.5 Inches High x 6.75 Inches Wide x 2 Inches Deep This depiction of Zeus is from a larger fragment (Zeus and the Giants Reduction and Restoration - Item #12). P.P. Caproni and Brother made a reduction and restoration of a section of the frieze from the Altar of Zeus, which is not intact. The restoration realizes the intended design as determined by art historians. The section depicts mighty Zeus, king of the Gods, fighting the Giants. Zeus is seen hurling a thunderbolt at a serpent-legged Porphyrion (far right) while two other giants are falling to the ground upon being struck by Zeus. Zeus's mighty eagle is seen at his left hand. The Altar of Zeus once stood in the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in what is now Turkey. The sculptures from the Altar that are still extant are in its reconstruction at the Pergamon Museum.   Artist: Unknown Museum: Pergamon Museum, Berlin Origin: The Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon Time Period: Ancient Greek - Hellenistic, 166-156 B.C.E.   Sources and Fur