This shallow relief depicts Artemis capturing a stag, not with her usual bow and arrow but with a spear. It is probably a dedication of some kind to the hunting goddess dating from the Roman period. The style however is influenced by fifth century BCE Greek sculpture
Number:
283
Material:
Pentelic marble
Location of Original:
Kassel, 74
Size:
0.42 x 0.30m
Accession:
Purchased in 1884 from Berlin
References:
Bieber: Die Antiken Skulpturen in Cassel, 36, pl. XXXII
Walston: Catalogue of Casts in the Museum of Classical Archaeology (1889), 92, no.499
Date:
Roman
Provenance:
Taken by soldiers from Athens in 1688
