File:Roman - Garland Sarcophagus - Walters 2329.jpg

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Garland Sarcophagus (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file) Artist Anonymous (Category:Roman Empire) Title Garland Sarcophagus Description English: Unlike many sarcophagi, this one is carved on all four sides in high relief. Garlands held by winged goddesses or personifications on the corners and Eros (Cupid) figures on the sides support the busts of a crowned deity (left) and a young girl (right). The sarcophagus was probably intended for her. In the center, on both the front and back, is a theatrical mask-on this side Tragedy, on the other, Comedy. Medusa heads decorate the ends. The lid takes the form of a temple roof with a pediment (triangular gable) at each end. This sarcophagus can be traced to a particular workshop active near the ancient quarry of Dokimeion in Phrygia in Asia Minor. Its discovery in Rome illustrates the long-distance trade in even very large, heavy luxury goods that took place at the height of the Roman Empire. Date between 150 and 180 (Imperial) Medium Dokimeion marble Dimensions height: 83.5 cm (32.8 in); width: 143.3 cm (56.4 in); depth: 69.8 cm (27.5 in) Collection Walters Art Museum wikidata:Q210081 Accession number 23.29 Place of creation Phrygia (in present-day Turkey) Object history [Excavated from the so-called Licinian tomb, Rome, 1885] Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, 1885, by excavation 1902: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters Exhibition history Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. 2010-2011. Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 Source Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork Permission (Reusing this file) VRT Wikimedia This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2012021710000834.

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