Hephaestus
CultureRoman
Date1st-2nd century C.E.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 9 15/16 × 4 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (25.24 × 11.75 × 8.26 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number82-5
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 103
Collections
DescriptionA Roman copy of Greek original.Exhibition HistoryThe Gods of High Olympus and a Hero, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, February 15-March 20, 1983, no. 30.
Hephaestus was the god of fire and so was associated with those crafts that required its heat. He was the patron deity of jewelers, armorers and blacksmiths.Ready for work, Hephaestus holds a hammer in his right hand and tongs in his left.
With James Freeman, Kyoto, Japan, by 1982;
Purchased from Freeman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1982.
Ross Taggart and Oliver Phillips, The Gods of High Olympus and a Hero, exh. cat. (Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1983), 3, 11, no. 30, (repro.).
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