Title:
Lansdowne Relief
Category:
relief
Date:
about 100 — about 150
Period:
Roman
Description:
Dark grey marble relief, decorated in three registers: the largest, central frieze is divided by four arching niches and bordered on either side by a vertical ornament of male and female figures among interlacing acanthus branches. Between the niches are three mythological scenes, l-r: Odysseus sailing past the sirens; Dionysos and the pirates; the Argonauts and the Stymphalian birds. Above this frieze is a narrow frieze with hunting scenes, partially set in a reed-bed; below another narrow frieze with a marine theme, dolphins, hippocamps and other marine creatures.
Production
Place:
Italy
Production
Place (legacy):
Italy, production, country
Find Spot:
Tivoli
Material:
marble; 'bigio morato'
Dimension(s):
height, 56, cm
width, 181.5, cm
depth, 23, cm
weight, 500, K, approx.
Acquisition:
loan; ;
Alternative
Number:
previous number; Loan Ant.117
Documentation:
Christie's Sale Catalogue, 5th July 1995.
Accession:
Object Number: GR.1.2012
(Antiquities)
(record id: 160187; input: 2008-03-31; modified: 2012-06-08)
Permanent
Identifier:
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