A Pair of Marble Reliefs depicting the Massacre of the Niobids

In the Style of the Antique, circa mid 19th Century

A Pair of Marble Reliefs depicting the Massacre of the Niobids, in the Style of the Antique

circa mid 19th Century

one carved with Artemis, the other with Apollo, shooting arrows at the children of Niobe.

42 by 92 and 42 by 87.5 cm.

Condition report

Provenance

Giovanni Battista Milani, Via de’ Barbieri 1, Rome, by 1874

Galerie Chenel, rue du Bac, prior to 2005

Another 19th century Niobid relief in the style of the antique, this one carved as a fragment, was sold at Sotheby’s, Paris, March 16th, 2021, no. 179.

Sold at auction