Two Romans Provençal portrait reliefs

Diana E. E. et Fred S. Kleiner, Two Bomano-Provencal Portrait Reliefs, p. 243-257. Two Augustan funerary reliefs with family portraits from «St.-Julien-les-Martigues» and «Les Baux» are discussed. The St.-Julien relief has been variously described, but the authors believe that it depicts a scene of leaveta-king which has close parallels on Hellenistic Etruscan cinerary urns. The rock-cut relief at Les Baux depicts two waist-length figures within a horizontal frame. Comparable funerary portraits may be found in the area around Benevento. The two reliefs are cited as evidence for the migration of Italian artists to Gaul under Augustus.Kleiner Fred S., Kleiner Diana E. Two Romans Provençal portrait reliefs. In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Antiquité, tome 88, n°1. 1976. pp. 243-257