No M 04
Paris, Musée du Louvre 1738
Bronze Etruscan Mirror

Zeus is seated on a throne. He is represented with head and legs in profile to the left, the body almost facing, to the same scale as the surrounding standing figures. The feet rest on a rock (?). The right forearm is raised, the hand with extended fingers seen on the back. The left hand is resting on the throne. The god has no beard and close-cropped hair. His dress consists of a himation.

Athena is represented emerging from the head of Zeus, in profile to the left. Her dress consists of a peplos. She wears a helmet, carries a shield on the left arm and holds a spear in the right hand.

There are three other deities in the picture. On the right a standing goddess, the head covered by her himation, and a god, presumably characterised as such by the petasos as Hermes. On the left side stands a goddess, the arms extended obliquely upward, with palms turned to each other and extended fingers. She is winged.

The throne has turned legs.

As setting for the figures there are some rocks, on both sides, and a temple, in the background of the picture.

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