A lenos-shaped sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a, b.New York, Metropolitan Museum of ArtPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
A lenos-shaped sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion.
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 47.100.4a, b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Origin:
The sarcophagus, which is in excellent condition, was intact when recovered from a chamber tomb in Ostia in 1825. It was believed to have burned in a fire at Warwick Castle in 1871; Carl Robert included it in his corpus as a lost work known only from old engravings. The sarcophagus appeared on the art market in London in 1913 and entered the Museum’s collection in 1947.
J. Sorabella
Literature:
Sorabella, Jean. 2001. “A Roman Sarcophagus and its Patron.” Metropolitan Museum Journal 36: pp. 67-79.
Matz, Friedrich. 1957. “An Endymion Sarcophagus Rediscovered.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15(5): pp. 124-128.
Matz, Friedrich. 1957. “An Endymion Sarcophagus Rediscovered.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15(5): pp. 124-128.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
© 2001. Text: Sorabella J. 2001. «A Roman Sarcophagus and its Patron». Metropolitan Museum Journal 36, p. 67.
© 2001. Text: Sorabella J. 2001. «A Roman Sarcophagus and its Patron». Metropolitan Museum Journal 36, p. 67.
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