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Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture | Sarcophagi | Mythological sarcophagi
101. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a boy depicting of a scene from his life. Front panel.
White marble.
2nd half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 411.
Ravenna, National Museum.
102. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a boy depicting of a scene from his life. Left short-side panel.
White marble.
2nd half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 411.
Ravenna, National Museum.
103. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a boy depicting of a scene from his life. Right short-side panel.
White marble.
2nd half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 411.
Ravenna, National Museum.
104. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with vintage scenes (vindemialia).
Front relief. Marble.
5th century CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, portic.
105. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with vintage scenes (vindemialia).
Marble. Right short side.
5th century CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, portic.
106. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with vintage scenes (vindemialia).
Marble. Left short side.
5th century CE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, portic.
107. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Aphrodite.
Pentelic marble. Roman copy of a statue by Kallimachos of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. S 1078.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum.
108. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Hercules and Cerberus at the gates if Hades.
Proconnesian marble. 2nd half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. S 1394.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Centrale Montemartini Museum, III. 118.
109. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a myth of Selene and Endymion. Frieze of the lid.
Luna marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 725.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
110. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the Calydonian Hunt.
Proconnesian marble. Mid-3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 917.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
111. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the Calydonian Hunt.
The front panel.
Proconnesian marble. Mid-3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 917.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
112. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the Calydonian Hunt. Detail: Meleager.
The front panel.
Proconnesian marble. Mid-3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 917.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori.
113. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of sarcophagus with a representation of the Seasons of the Year.
Marble. Mid-3rd century CE.
Inv. No. S 1185.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Hall of the Triumphs.
114. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus strigilato.
Marble. Second half of the 3rd century.
Inv. No. S 9.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Courtyard.
115. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus strigilato. Detail: scene of the hunt for an elk.
Marble. Second half of the 3rd century.
Inv. No. S 9.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Courtyard.
116. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man.
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 329.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
117. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child with scenes of the myth of Prometheus and the creation of man (the front panel).
Marble. 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. S 329.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
118. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of the Muses.
White marble. Rome, 2nd century CE.
Rome, Church of San Crisogono.
119. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt. Frieze of a sarcophagus lid showing Amazons at the Trojan War. Acroteria.
Front wall: asiatic marble. 160 CE.
Lid: Italian marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Acroteria: asiatic marble.
Inv. Nos. 79 (front wall) / 80 (lid).
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.
120. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Frieze of a sarcophagus lid showing Amazons at the Trojan War.
Italian marble. 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 80.
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.