Arch of Constantine: Hadrianic Medallions (Rome, Italy): East medallions, south flank, view of the left medallion, depicting Bear Hunt
- Creator:
- unknown (Ancient Roman)
- Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
312-315 (alteration); ca. 100 - Physical Description:
- 2 m (diameter, approx.)
- Date Depicted:
- 1997
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- Above each lateral archway are pairs of round reliefs dated to the time of Emperor Hadrian. They display scenes of hunting and sacrificing: (north side, left to right) hunt of a boar, sacrifice to Apollo, hunt of a lion, sacrifice to Hercules, (south side, left to right) departure for the hunt, sacrifice to Silvanus, hunt of a bear, sacrifice to Diana. The head of the emperor (originally Hadrian) has been reworked in all medallions: on the north side, into Constantine in the hunting scenes and into Licinius or Constantius I in the sacrifice scenes; on the south side, vice versa. The reliefs, c. 2 m in diameter, were framed in porphyry; this framing is only extant on the right side of the northern facade.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Roman -- Constantinian -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Roman -- Hadrianic -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Hadrianic
- Culture:
- Roman
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-R-R-AC-4-B3
- Genre:
- monuments: memorial arches: triumphal arches (AAT)
sculpture (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- allegory; animal; deities; mythology (Classical); rulers and leaders; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.; hunting Imperial (Roman) visual works; sculpture (visual work); reliefs (sculptures)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1997 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10056575
- PID:
- digcoll:1840895