Sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a portrait medallion of the deceased. Detail
Marble.Ca. 190—200 CE. Inv. No. 56.145.New York, Metropolitan Museum of ArtPhoto by Roger B. Ulrich
Sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a portrait medallion of the deceased. Detail.
Marble.
Ca. 190—200 CE.
Ca. 190—200 CE.
Inv. No. 56.145.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Origin:
Gift of Joseph V. Noble, 1956.
Description:
Portrait of a soldier wearing a military cloak. The portrait, in a circular frame (tondo) or shield (clipeus); thus known as a “clipeus portrait.”
Credits:
© 2010. Photo, text: Roger B. Ulrich.
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