Marble sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a clipeus portrait, ca. 190–200
Marble sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a clipeus portrait, Severan, ca. 190–200, Roman, Marble, Proconnesian, Overall: 17 3/4 x 70 1/2 x 21 in. ( x x cm), Stone Sculpture, The young beardless soldier commemorated in the portrait wears a military cloak, pinned at his right shoulder. The portrait borne aloft implied the ascent of the deceased to the heavens, while Tellus and Oceanus, the Earth and Ocean, reclined below, symbolizing the regenerative cycles of life
Size: 5580px × 3347px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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