Sarcophagus with Fisherman and Shepherd
late 3rd century
18 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 74 1/2 in. (47 x 54.6 x 189.2 cm)
Unknown, Roman
Roman
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Marble
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1943.34
Location: Not currently on view
Provenance
Alfredo Barsanti (dealer, Rome); purchased from him by the Brummer Gallery, New York, August 1931 [catalogue number P8076]; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1943
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Susan Dodge Peters, ed.
Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection.
New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
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Article Title: An Early Christian Sarcophagus.
Article Scope: Article.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 9,
Issue Number: 2.
Issue Date: November-December 1943.
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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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
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