Votive relief with worshippers before two divinities, probably Helios and Selene
about 400-350 B.C.
Medium/TechniquePentelic marble
DimensionsHeight x width: 54.5 x 71 cm (21 7/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession number1977.171
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1977, Robin Symes (dealer), London [see note]; 1977, sold by Symes to the MFA. (Accession date: April 13, 1977)
NOTE: According to a letter from Robin Symes, dated November 20, 2000, the relief was previously in the collection of George Ortiz, Geneva. However, George Ortiz in a letter dated February 8, 2001, wrote that he did not remember having this piece in his collection but added that he could have had a memory lapse.
NOTE: According to a letter from Robin Symes, dated November 20, 2000, the relief was previously in the collection of George Ortiz, Geneva. However, George Ortiz in a letter dated February 8, 2001, wrote that he did not remember having this piece in his collection but added that he could have had a memory lapse.
late 1st B.C.
about A.D. 160–180
about 445–435 B.C.
late 5th century B.C.
about 400–375 B.C.
4th century B.C. or slightly later
4th century B.C.
390-380 B.C.
about 350 B.C.
about 390–380 B.C.
about 360 B.C.