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Votive Relief to the Dioskouroi
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
1st or 2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Stone, marble from western Asia Minor
Dimensions
42 x 44 cm (16 9/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1993.704
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 038.
DescriptionCondition: The relief is in virtually perfect state, with only slight wear and a yellowish patina, light in shade, to the marble.
Votive relief in the form of a temple-front with an eagle in the pediment and akroteria above. Helen flanked by the cuirassed Dioskouroi, their horses held in their inner hands and their parazonia in those closest to the pilasters. Inscription across horizontal frames; dedicated by L. Velius Fronto.
Inscribed; "Lucius Velius Fronto (dedicated this) to the Dioscuri" (in fulfillment of a vow).
Votive relief in the form of a temple-front with an eagle in the pediment and akroteria above. Helen flanked by the cuirassed Dioskouroi, their horses held in their inner hands and their parazonia in those closest to the pilasters. Inscription across horizontal frames; dedicated by L. Velius Fronto.
Inscribed; "Lucius Velius Fronto (dedicated this) to the Dioscuri" (in fulfillment of a vow).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: said to be of Anatolian provenance, from a shrine in Pisidia, according to Louis Robert; by 1972: with Sotheby & Co., 34 & 35 New Bond Street, London W. 1 (sale, July 10, 1972, lot 99); by 1973: loaned to MFA by Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule (153.1973); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule, November 17, 1993