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Sculpture | Rome | Funeral sculpture | Sarcophagi | Early christian sarcophagi
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statuette of the “Good Shepherd”. Fragmentary relief from the front of a sarcophagus, reworked in full relief.
End of the 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Extensive restoration by Giuseppe Angelini, 1764.
Inv. No. 28590 (ex 103).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statuette of the “Good Shepherd”. Fragmentary relief from the front of a sarcophagus, reworked in full relief.
End of the 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Extensive restoration by Giuseppe Angelini, 1764.
Inv. No. 28590 (ex 103).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statuette of the “Good Shepherd”. Fragmentary relief from the front of a sarcophagus, reworked in full relief.
End of the 3rd — beginning of the 4th cent. CE.
Extensive restoration by Giuseppe Angelini, 1764.
Inv. No. 28590 (ex 103).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Elijah ascends to Heaven on the Chariot of Fire before Elisha’s Eyes. Fragment of a sarcophagus side (?).
Marble.
3rd—4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 31488 (ex 151 A).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes.
Original (inv. 174): marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Frontal side: Sacrifice of Isaac, Traditio Legis, Christ before Pilate.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Left side: Prediction of Peter’s denial.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Right side: Peter baptizes his overseers; Jesus heals a woman with a bleeding.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Detail of the front side: Traditio Legis.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Detail of the front side: apostle Paul.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Detail of the front side: Luke the Evangelist (?).
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Detail of the front side: Sacrifice of Isaac.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Cast of a sarcophagus with Traditio Legis in the Vatican Grottoes. Detail of the front side: Christ.
Original: marble, c. 350—375 CE.
Inv. Nos. 31528 (ex XXV) / 174 (orig.).
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Sarcophagus with portraits of the spouses in a shell and scenes of the Old and the New Testament (The sarcophagus of Adelfia).
Marble.
Second quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
CIL X 7123.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
15. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Sarcophagus with portraits of the spouses in a shell and scenes of the Old and the New Testament (The sarcophagus of Adelfia).
Marble.
Second quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
CIL X 7123.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.