Marble pediment of a funerary altar
This fragment of an altar is from a commemorative monument in which identifying inscriptions would have appeared on the shaft below the three portrait busts. Since
that part of the altar is now missing, the relationship between the figures is not known. The woman at the center, whose hairstyle suggests a date in the early
second century A.D., is the main focus of attention and so is thought to be the mother of the two men, who look respectfully toward her. It may be that they died first, and their grieving mother, who is presented in a more lifelike pose, was left to set up this monument.
that part of the altar is now missing, the relationship between the figures is not known. The woman at the center, whose hairstyle suggests a date in the early
second century A.D., is the main focus of attention and so is thought to be the mother of the two men, who look respectfully toward her. It may be that they died first, and their grieving mother, who is presented in a more lifelike pose, was left to set up this monument.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble pediment of a funerary altar
- Period: Hadrianic
- Date: ca. 120–130 CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
- Object Number: 14.130.8
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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