Literary record of gilded bronze equestrian statue of Theoderic, Ostrogothic king, or of Zeno, emperor. Ravenna. 474-491
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ravenna
Province:
Flaminia et Picenum
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Recorded in Ravenna by our sources
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, equestrian
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Theoderic, Ostrogothic king, or Zeno, emperor
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not recorded
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
474
Latest:
491
MAIN REFERENCE
Mauskopf Deliyannis, B., Agnelli qui et Andreas liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis= The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna, Washington DC 2005, 206-207
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, 102-3 no. 120
Duemmler, E. (ed.), MGH Poetae Latinae Aevi Carolini, Berlin 1884, Strabo, Walahfrid. Versus in Aquisgrani Palatio editi anno Hludowici Imperatoris XVI. De imagine Tetrici, 2:370-378
