Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Niobe and the Niobids / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Florence, Uffizi (group)

Further details

Son of Niobe falling on his left knee. The marble was found in 1583 in Rome, in the Esquilino area, close to San Giovanni in Laterano.

Artist or creator

Roman after
Hellenistic

Date

1st century (late) - 2nd century

Location

Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi (Sala della Niobe)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Alinari (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Bober and Rubinstein, Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture, 1986, no.108.

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Web resources

Monumenta Rariora - Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
CENSUS of Antique Works of Art and Architecture known in the Renaissance

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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