Votive relief: hunting rider

Classification

votive relief ; votive offering

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

19.5 x 16.6 x 2.9 cm

Date

first half of the 3rd century A.D.

Period

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Material

marble ; marble analysis

Iconography

rider ; horse ; chlamys ; tunic ; boots ; spear ; hunting scene

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Fleissig, József (1897–1944)

Inventory

50.398

Hyp-3164

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 172–173; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 196; Oroszlán–Dobrovits 1947, 10–11, no. 5; Mihailov, in BullMusHong 60–61 (1983), 19, 169, fig. 18; Szilágyi, J. Gy., HWA 2008 Spring

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of white marble of unknown origin. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.