FORTUNA
big: cm 38 (h) x 27 (w)
Bas-relief inspired by the decorated top part of a Roman terracotta
lamp preserved at Este (Padova), Museo Nazionale
Atestino.
Medium:
cm 22 (h) x 16 (w)
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Little
Fortuna in a round
shape
Ø 8 cm
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Little
Fortuna
in a squared frame
8 cm high
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Lucernae
lenght: cm 17
ca
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Fragment:
cm 20 (h) x 14,5
(w)
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Bas-relief that freely reproduces the
decoration of a jug made of glazed
earthenware from ancient Lycia. Here the
queen of Egypt, Berenice, is represented
as a goddess: she holds the horn of plenty
as does the goddess Fortuna herself.
Antalia, South Turkey, Museum. 240 b. C.
Terracotta sizes: cm 20 (h) x 13,5 (w) Buy
Freely used by the goddess Fortuna, the horn of plenty could contain an enormous amount of goods. During antiquity, it was a symbol of fertility and wealth.
Big: cm 46 (h)
Medium: cm 32 (h) Buy
Small: cm 6 (h)
The winged goddess sculpted here is the
Roman Fortuna, as shown by the insigna on her shoulder, and it is
the personification not of the men’s destiny, but of what they
could come across and have to answer to. The goddess is holding the
horn of plenty, from which she gives out goods and presents to men;
but she uses a ball too, pictured inside the horn spiral, which she
throws at will. Nobody can foresee where a ball will bounce: at any
moment, the goddess Fortuna can spread her wings and fly
away.