Roman Sarcophagus Fragment
about A.D. 250–275
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 43 × 44.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-245021
Sarcophagus fragment preserves central part with shell containing a portrait bust of a man. The shell is held by two hands on either side (perhaps sea centaurs). A small wing is preserved next to upper hand at right (evidently a flying eros). Beneath the shell is a hand from a small figure turned to the right (Scylla with a rudder). Inside the shell the bust of a man wearing a tunic and an outer garment with tip hanging down his left forearm. He is holding a rotulus with left hand. On either side, inside the shell, erotes are approaching the man; on the left an eros has his right hand on the man's shoulder while raising the left greeting him; to his right, an eros is touching his garment with his left hand, while his right is around the man's neck. The marble is white and close-grained.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- about A.D. 250–275 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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