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Reconstruction of the Ludovisi (left) and the Boston Relief (right). The 'Ludovisi Throne' (Rome, Museo Nazionale) and the 'Boston Relief' (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) together or separately formed probably an altar, c. 470-460 BC. Some scholars considered especially the Boston Relief to be a forgery. An analysis does not support this. Some consider the Boston Relief to be a Roman work (because of the lower artistic quality?). The Ludovisi “Throne” is a Greek work probably produced in Sicily ( Aphro-dite means risen (Anadyomene) from the foam (of the sea)
, praying to the goddess. The Boston Relief
A naked winged youth. The woman on the winged youth's right is smiling. She is wearing an Ionian tunic with a mantle. Below her, in the bottom corner, is a fish. The woman, left side, look rather sad, in the bottom corner there is a pomegranate. Some say the relief shows Eros judging a contest between , |
