Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Funeral Relief of a Horseman
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Funeral Relief of a Horseman
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Image View:
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Overall view
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8612
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Location Note:
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via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps); Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection
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GPS:
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+41.901169+12.473062
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Date:
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ca. 175-199 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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relief (sculpture)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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animal; death or burial; funerary art; human figure
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Description:
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The relief depicts a man on horseback, preceded by an attendant who holds the horse by the reins, while on the right side another figure raises a hat toward his head. The work is believed to be part of the funerary monument of a priest from the ancient college of the Salii, identified by his typical leather beret. The lower part of the slab has an oval opening, probably the light shaft from the original sepulcher. The relief dates to the end of the 2nd century CE. [source: museum label]
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PAL-FRH-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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