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Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture | Sarcophagi | Children sarcophagi
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A sarcophagus of a child with vintage scenes.
Luni (Carrara) marble.
2nd century CE.
Rome, National Museum of Palazzo Venezia.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of the sarcophagus of a child depicting hunting scenes (known as “Sarcophagus with a mummy from Grottarossa”).
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 168186.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child depicting hunting scenes (known as “Sarcophagus with a mummy from Grottarossa”): right short side with a scene “Ascanius attacking a boar”.
Marble.
Second half of the 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 168186.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front of the sarcophagus lid with childish games.
Marble.
275—300 CE.
Inv. No. 662.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum, LVIII. 7.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of a child depicting children playing with nuts.
Marble.
Roman. 170—180 CE.
Inv. No. I 1129.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Front panel of a sarcophagus of a child depicting children playing with nuts.
Marble.
170—180 CE.
Inv. No. I 1129.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.