Support for Bench, Low Table, or Sarcophagus: Skin of Nemean Lion
probably 2nd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueStone, Italian marble, somewhat like limestone
Dimensions21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession number1997.268
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Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceThought to have come from the vicinity of Rome; by 1977: with The Summa Galleries Inc., 342 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California (catalogue 3, December 1977, no. 2); November 1977: purchased from The Summa Galleries Inc. by Emily T. Vermeule; December 1977: gift of Emily T. Vermeule to Cornelius C. Vermeule; gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 1997
probably A.D. 300–350
2nd half of the 1st century or early 2nd century AD
Early 1st century A.D.
about 480–450 B.C.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.