Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Relief with Nikai Leading a Bull to the Sacrificial Altar
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Relief with Nikai Leading a Bull to the Sacrificial Altar
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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after Kallimachos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active 2nd half of 5th century BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1914 no. 330
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Location Note:
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Piazzale degli Uffizi
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GPS:
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+43.768639+11.255214
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Date:
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ca. 100-150 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Neo-Attic
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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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Pentelic marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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animal; mythology (Classical); Athena (Greek deity); Bull; animal sacrifice
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Description:
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Formerly in Rome, Villa Medici; entered the Uffizi in 1783. This relief, product of a Neo-Attic workshop, reproduces models based on the friezes on the balustrade (the Nike Parapet) carved with Nikai that surrounded the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athens Acropolis. The temple was begun around 420 BCE to celebrate victory over the Persians. This copy dates from the first half of the second century CE. [Information on 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-UG-RNLB-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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