Assyrian Winged Genie
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Assyrian Winged Genie
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Assyrian Winged Genie, Vatican Museums.
This basrelief of an Assyrian protector entity was part of the decoration of the monumental Royal Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, at the Acropolis of Nimrud, ancient Khalku.
The protector Genie has the body of a man with long hair flowing over his shoulders, curling at the ends like his beard. He wears an ornate headdress with two pairs of stylized horns, a divine symbol, and a long frilled robe. His feet are bare, and the two large wings of an eagle, well modeled and finely detailed, emerge from his shoulders.
The relief, originally found in Room I of the Royal Palace, belongs to series of tablets dedicated to the mythical-symbolic theme of the adoration of the Sacred Tree, symbol of royalty bearing fruitfulness and life.
The reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.) marked the first great flowering of neo-Assyrian figurative art,
This is one of the ancient treasures in the Vatican Museums. Almost 3000 years old.
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March 31st, 2019
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