Arch of Constantine: Hadrianic Medallions (Rome, Italy): East medallions, south flank, right medallion, Sacrifice to Diana

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-B4

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:

10056576

PID:

digcoll:1848587