Votive Relief of an ox and Nikai
The victory figures or Nikai are leading the ox to sacrifice, in a composition reminiscent of the balustrade around the temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis. One of the female figures is carrying a thymiaterion, an incense burner. The marble relief has been restored in some of its details. The original was acquired in 1584 by Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici for his new Villa in Rome
Material:
Marble
Location of Original:
Florence, Uffizi 158
Size:
0.67m
Accession:
Purchased in 1884 from the Paris Beaux Arts
References:
Hauser: Die Neu Attischen Reliefs (1889), 70, no.100a
Amelung: Führer durch die Antike in Florenz (1896), 99
Walston: Catalogue of Casts in the Museum of Classical Archaeology (1889), 67, no.304
Date:
C1 BCE
Provenance:
Formerly in the Capranica collection and bought by Cardinal Ferdinando in Rome in 1584
Number:
438