Other Related Sculpture
Plaster casts, probably based on
Tellus and Roma reliefs of the Ara Pacis
Casts of closely related sculpture, on display in the lower level of the Museo dell'Ara Pacis.
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Detail of plaster cast in photos at right. photo July-Oct. 2008
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Relief found in Carthage in mid-19th century. Probably a copy of the Tellus relief on the Ara Paci, or possibly deriving from a common source. The position of the ox's head in this copy suggests that the later reconstructed ox's head on the Ara Pacis was reconstructed looking too far outward toward the viewer. photo July-Oct. 2008 |
Relief from Carthage, copy of the Tellus relief of the Ara Pacis. However, the figures at left and right are different on this copy. photo July-Oct. 2008
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Seated female figure with child in her lap, probably based on the Tellus relief on the Ara Pacis. photo Oct. 2008
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Seated female figure with child in her lap, found in the Forum of Cumae. Plaster cast of marble orginal in Museo Archeologico del Campi Flegrei, Baia, west of Naples. photo Oct. 2008
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Unlike the Ara Pacis Tellus relief, this is a fully rounded statue. Like the Ara Pacis, this base is covered by acanthus with fertile, spiraling tendrils. photo May 2010
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The Goddess Roma from an Altar of the Julian Family in Carthage, related to the Roma relief of the Ara Pacis. photo July-Oct. 2008
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The reclining Goddess Roma holds forth a winged victory. At the left a globe, cadusceus and cornucopia are displayed on a podium. Plaster cast of marble original from an Altar of the Julian Family in Carthage, now in the Bardo Museum, Tunis. photo Oct. 2008 |
The Goddess Roma from an Altar of the Julian Family in Carthage, related to the Roma relief of the Ara Pacis. photo Oct. 2008
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