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| Keywords: Italian - Prometheus - Walters 54618.jpg According to ancient Greek mythology the giant Prometheus created the first man out of clay and gave him fire essential for the development of technology and the arts by which men became more like gods themselves Zeus the king of the gods punished him for this chaining him to a mountainside and sending an eagle that every day pecked out Prometheus's liver which re-grew overnight He was eventually freed by Hercules Many artists of the Baroque period sought to depict extreme emotions through body language Prometheus's convulsed body splayed diagonally across the rock a 19th-century replacement originally including a tiny chain to hold him down and face distorted by screaming convey his pain ca 1650 1680 bronze cm 32 3 47 8 accession number 54 618 18250 Raoul Heilbronner Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore 1911 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Statues of Prometheus Ethon | ||||
