Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A FRAGMENTARY MARBLE RELIEF OF A RIVER GOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D., OR AFTER THE ANTIQUE
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Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A FRAGMENTARY MARBLE RELIEF OF A RIVER GOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D., OR AFTER THE ANTIQUE
carved in high relief with a reclining figure of a river god facing right, resting on an upturned vessel with water pouring out, and holding a bunch of flowers(?) in his left hand, a rocky outcrop and a large tree behind him, rushes and reeds in low relief in the background, a simple moulding along the upper and right edge; no restorations.
37 by 56 cm.
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private collection, Southern France, acquired in the 1950s/1960s (sold at the Hôtel des Ventes de Montpellier in the early 2000s)
Galerie Chenel, rue du Bac
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005
Other examples of self-standing reliefs depicting river gods are in Aquileia (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/888735 ) and Florence (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/888736, http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/888737). For examples carved in low reliefs on the sides of a mythological sarcophagus see S. Reinach, Répertoire de reliefs grecs et romains, vol. 3, 1910, p. 130, nos. 2-3 (https://archive.org/details/repertoiredereli03rein/page/130/mode/1up).