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Source Description
Images made for Roman villas often romanticized the rural life of herdsmen and shepherds. This delicately carved relief depicts a herdsman leading two yoked oxen past a stylized tree.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
932
label
Relief of a Herdsman and Oxen
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
932
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Relief of a Herdsman and Oxen
description
Images made for Roman villas often romanticized the rural life of herdsmen and shepherds. This delicately carved relief depicts a herdsman leading two yoked oxen past a stylized tree.
provenance
Arthur Sambon, Sale, Paris, 1928, no. 57, Plate XVI; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
relief
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
42.2
height
57.5
depth
8.8
dimensionsRaw
16 5/8 x 22 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (42.2 x 57.5 x 8.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
med
Thasian marble
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
99076a4a6114e563