MDID - Hadrian Hunting Boar and Sacrificing to Apollo; [Roundels]; [Tondi]; [Arch of Constantine]

Accession Number:

06_000356

Creator:

unknown (Roman (ancient))

Creator:

unknown

Classification:

Sculpture and Installations

Description:

The eight large medallion reliefs (tondi) of the Hadrianic period, all in white Luna marble, decorate the north and south sides of the Arch. Their uniform circular shape of about 2.40 meters in diametre and common theme indicate that they originally belonged to a now lost monument in honour of Hadrian (possibly a tetrapylon). The tondi are arranged in pairs, two pairs on each side above the lateral archway. They depict Hadrian, Antinous and other members of the court hunting wild animals and sacrificing to four different deities. ..On the north side, the left pair depicts a boar hunt (left tondo) and a sacrifice to Apollo (right tondo). The figure on the top left of the boar hunt relief is clearly identified as Antinous while Hadrian, on horseback and about to strike the boar with a spear, was recarved to resemble the young Constantine. The recarved emperor in the sacrifice scene is likely to be Licinius or Constantius Chlorus.[ https://followinghadrian.com/2016/08/18/the-hadrianic-tondi-on-the-arch-of-constantine/]

Location:

Rome, Italy - Arch of Constantine, (Current Location); Rome, Italy - Hadrian Monument, (Former (Destroyed))

Material:

White Luna marble

Measurement:

1.98 x 2.40 m ()

Object Date:

ca. 130-38 CE (creation)

Object Type:

components; decorative wall components; roundels

Style Period:

Roman (ancient) - Late Empire

Subject:

Greece; (Ancient); Sacrifices; Animals; Italy; Rome (Ancient); History; Emperor; Hadrian [24 January 76 – 10 July 138] ; [Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus]; [emperor, 10 August 117 – 10 July 138]; Mythology and Legend; Roman, Antinous (also Antinoüs or Antinoös; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίνοος; 27 November, c. 111 – before 30 October 130[1]) was a Bithynian Greek youth and a favourite, or lover, of the Roman emperor Hadrian; Mythology; Roman; Apollo

Technique:

marble

Title:

Hadrian Hunting Boar and Sacrificing to Apollo; [Roundels]; [Tondi]; [Arch of Constantine]

View:

: Front View

WorkID:

1725

Identifier:

1725_06_000356.jpg

Collection:

FAAH Collection

Record created:

Aug. 28, 2014

Last modified:

Jan. 24, 2017

Hadrian Hunting Boar and Sacrificing to Apollo; [Roundels]; [Tondi]; [Arch of Constantine]

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