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ID: 700006487 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006487 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Grave Stele For Helena (relief (sculpture ); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 150 - 200; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 71.AA.271) | |
Note: This rectangular funerary monument is designed in the form of a naiskos (shrine), flanked on either side by pilasters with Corinthian capitals. It is topped by a pediment with a small, simple akroterion. A small, heavy-bodied female dog, a Canis Melitaeus (Maltese) sits in the niche. Her head is turned to face the viewer. Beneath her on the face of the relief is a plaque with curved ansae and an incription reading "To Helena / foster daughter / the incomparable and / worthy soul". | |
Titles: |
Grave Stele For Helena (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U) |
Gravestone of Helena (C,U,English,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
relief (sculpture ) [300047230] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>) |
stele [300007023] |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by form>) |
funerary architecture [300005866] |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: 150 - 200 |
Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM] |
unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843] |
Locations: |
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: 71.AA.271 |
Other: Creation: Roma [7003138] Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: Marble |
marble (rock) [300011443] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock) |
Dimensions: Object: H: 61 x W: 31.5 cm (H: 24 x W: 12 3/8 in.) |
Ancient Roman (preferred) |
Roman |
Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,style) | |
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)) |
animals (preferred) |
dogs (species) [300250130] | |
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Canidae (family), Canis (genus)) (AAT) |
Inscriptions: Inscription: "HELENAE ALUMNAE / ANIMAE / INCOMPARABLI ET / BENE MERENTI". Translated from Latin: "To Helena / foster daughter / the incomparable and / worthy soul". |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Grave Stele For Helena | ........ [JPGM,VP] |
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
Gravestone of Helena | ........ [JPGM] |
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [JPGM] |
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
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