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Votive relief with worshippers before two divinities, probably Helios and Selene
Greek
Classical Period
about 400-350 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pentelic marble
Dimensions
Height x width: 54.5 x 71 cm (21 7/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1977.171
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 010.
DescriptionIn the conventional architectural frame, with pilasters left and right, antefixes and akroteria on the roof above the upper molding, appear four small mortals, two men in front, two men behind, to the left of an altar. Their hands are raised in adoration; the woman in front holds a phiale or pyxis in her extended left hand. To right, a large young god stands with staff in right hand. Beyond him, a veiled goddess stands, right hand on edge of veil, a small crescent on her head.
Condition: Faces, details of drapery, the imitation roof tiles, fillet moldings (cornice and architrave), pilasters on the sides, and frame below are effaced or chipped. The surfaces were weathered in Antiquity and now have a yellow patina.
Condition: Faces, details of drapery, the imitation roof tiles, fillet moldings (cornice and architrave), pilasters on the sides, and frame below are effaced or chipped. The surfaces were weathered in Antiquity and now have a yellow patina.
ProvenanceBy 1977, Robin Symes (dealer), London [see note]; 1977, sold by Symes to the MFA. (Accession date: April 13, 1977)
NOTE: According to a letter from Robin Symes, dated November 20, 2000, the relief was previously in the collection of George Ortiz, Geneva. However, George Ortiz in a letter dated February 8, 2001, wrote that he did not remember having this piece in his collection but added that he could have had a memory lapse.
NOTE: According to a letter from Robin Symes, dated November 20, 2000, the relief was previously in the collection of George Ortiz, Geneva. However, George Ortiz in a letter dated February 8, 2001, wrote that he did not remember having this piece in his collection but added that he could have had a memory lapse.