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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Funeral Relief of a Horseman
Image View:
Detail, head of the horse and rider
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8612
Location Note:
via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps); Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901169 12.473062
Date:
ca. 175-199 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
animal; death or burial; funerary art; human figure
Description:
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]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-FRH-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Funeral Relief of a Horseman