Marble lunette with Nereid riding Triton

1st quarter of 2nd century CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

This relief must have been one of a series that decorated a public building or perhaps a grand funerary monument. The iconography derives from a passage in The Iliad that describes the Nereid Thetis, mother of the hero Achilles, and other Nereids carrying newly forged armor to her son.

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Title: Marble lunette with Nereid riding Triton
Period: Mid-Imperial, Trajanic
Date: 1st quarter of 2nd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall: 46 1/2 x 69in. (118.1 x 175.3cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1993
Object Number: 1993.11.2
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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