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Childhood of Jupiter
Elhafen, Ignaz, born 1658 - died 1715 - Enlarge image
Childhood of Jupiter
- Object:
Relief
- Place of origin:
Germany (made)
- Date:
ca. 1700 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Elhafen, Ignaz, born 1658 - died 1715 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Ivory
- Credit Line:
Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh FSA
- Museum number:
A.49-1949
- Gallery location:
Sculpture, room 111, case dr7
The monochrome colouring of material meant that ivories such as this could ape in miniature the ancient marbles much valued by connoisseurs and collectors of the time. Jupiter was reared on a mountainside in order that his father, Cronos, would not swallow him up.

