Harvard Art Museums > 1960.465: Relief of the Graeco-Roman Figural-Landscape Type Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Relief of the Graeco-Roman Figural-Landscape Type , 1960.465,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/289261. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.465 Title Relief of the Graeco-Roman Figural-Landscape Type Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 2nd century CE Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/289261 Physical Descriptions Medium Yellow marble (giallo antico) Dimensions actual: 6.2 cm, 0.04 cm (2 7/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.465 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 199099 Relief of the Graeco-Roman Figural-Landscape Type The stone is broken away at the left front. The original edge, with an incised vertical line, is preserved at the right. The piece is smoothed in back. The carved surfaces of the relief are worn, and a section has been gouged out from the subject's neck to his waist, including the left arm. A tiny figure is seated, leaning on a staff. A table is in front of him. The relief is fragmentary. When complete, it may have been mounted like a large, decorative cameo, the Grande Camée de France for instance. The relief may be Roman, of the second century A.D. The somewhat emaciated old man was interpreted by David M. Robinson as Seneca. The left shoulder and lower part of his body are draped, and he is partly bald. The rendering of the pupil of the eyes and of the eyebrows suggest the date, within the century following the philosopher's forced suicide in the reign of his pupil Nero. Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Johannes Sieveking, "Ein Darstellung des Seneca?", Walter de Gruyter and Co. (Berlin and Leipzig, 1921), pp. 351-354 Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 28, no. 219 Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 112, no. 99 Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
