The Erotes Sarcophagus
Roman c.100 AD
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 100 AD
Materials
Marble
Measurements
650 x 2230 x 595 mm
Order this imageCollection
Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 766178
Summary
Sculpture, marble, The Erotes Sarcophagus, Roman, c.100 AD. The Erotes bearing garlands. Within the garlands ,from left to right, a tragic female mask, a male portrait bust, a comic slave's mask. On either end a griffin. The portrait bust has been carved, and left-hand griffin reworked in modern times
Provenance
Villa Taverna, Frascati
Makers and roles
Roman c.100 AD , sculptor