Relief with a Fighting Arimasp
350–300 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta with yellowish slip and foil gilding
- Dimensions
- 6.5 × 8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-247590
The figure is portrayed in profile facing proper right, with a sword held in his right hand over his head, and a pelta (crescent shield) resting on the ground covering his left arm. He is about to strike an adversary, probably a griffin. His right leg is bent and thrust forward while the left kneels on the ground; his abdomen is inclined backward. He wears a Phrygian cap, a short chiton belted under the chest, and a chlamys that, following the warrior’s motions, is lifting to one side, forming a series of fluted folds. Reliefs of Arimasps, members of a Scythian tribe of one-eyed men who were constantly at war with griffins, typically ornamented Tarentine sarcophagi.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- 350–300 B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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