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Sarcophagus with Portrait Medallion, Shepherd, and Two Lion Heads
250-274Roman Empire
19 11/16 x 72 1/16 x 20 7/8 in. (50 x 183 x 53 cm)
Roman artist
Italy
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Marble
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1949.72
Location: Currently on view
This marble coffin, or sarcophagus, once featured a matching marble lid. The central round frame holds a portrait of the deceased, likely a later personalization carved by the sculpture workshop at the time of purchase. Roman sarcophagi were not buried, but displayed with other markers and monuments along the main roads outside the city gates.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Mrs. Helen Hay Whitney, New York; her sale, held at her residence by Parke-Bernet, New York, February 6-7, 1946; Joseph Brummer, New York (dealer); his sale, part III, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, June 8-9, 1949, lot 552; purchased at that sale by the Gallery
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Orpheus
Greek mythological figure
Greek mythological figure
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection Memorial Art Gallery 9/30/1949 - 10/30/1949
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: Notable Additions to the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance Collections. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 15, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: October, 1949.
- Article Author: Brayer, Betsy. Article Title: The Herdles Go A-Hunting. Article Scope: Mention. Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press Issue Date: Spring 1981. Page Number: 16
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Scope: Entry. Classical and Medieval Stone Sculptures including Pieces Suitable for Garden and Patio, Furniture and Works of Art, Part III of the Joseph Brummer Collection. New York, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 6/8/1949-6/9/1949.
- Article Title: Auction This Week at Whitney Home. Article Scope: Mention. New York Times. New York, NY: New York Times, 1857-. Issue Date: February 3, 1946. Page Number: 34
- Article Author: Vermeule, Cornelius. Article Title: Roman Sarcophagi in America: A Short Inventory. Article Scope: Entry. Festschrift für Friedrich Matz. Mainz, Germany: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1962. Page Number: 106
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Jutta Stroszeck. Löwen-Sarkophage: Sarkophage mit Löwenköpfen, Schreitenden Löwen und Löwen-kampfgruppen . Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1998. Volume Number: 1
- Diners Club Magazin.
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