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Fragment of sarcophagus relief with the fall of Troy
Fragment of sarcophagus relief with the fall of Troy

Fragment of sarcophagus relief with the fall of Troy

about A.D. 140
Medium/TechniqueMarble, Dolomitic from the Greek island of Thasos
DimensionsOverall: 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in.)
Weight: 35 lb. (15.88 kg)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number69.2
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Ars Antiqua auction 2, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, May 14, 1960, lot 60); by 1969: with Spink & Son, Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, SW 1; purchased by MFA from Spink & Son, Ltd., January 8, 1969
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of a woman
about A.D. 120
Head of Polyphemos
about 150 B.C. or later
Hermes
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.
Head of a youth ("The Nelson Head")
about mid-2nd century A.D.
Head of Bacchus (Dionysos)
2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
about A.D. 180–210