Relief from a Season sarcophagus with two winged cupids
about A.D. 280
Country of Origin, for CustomsItaly
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the island of Proconnesos in the Sea of Marmara
DimensionsOverall: 70 x 57 x 17cm (27 9/16 x 22 7/16 x 6 11/16in.)
Weight: 83.92 kg (185 lb.)
Weight: 83.92 kg (185 lb.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Abraham C. Webber in memory of Mr. Abraham C. Webber
Accession number58.584
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy about 1600 to 19th century at least: in the Palazzo Giustiniani (now Palazzo Madama) collection (the complete side of the sarcophagus is illustrated in P. Kranz, Jahreszeiten-Sarkophage, pl. 34); by date unknown: Abraham C. Webber Collection (acquired in an antique shop on Cape Cod); by date unknown: Mrs. Abraham C. Webber Collection; gift of Mrs. Abraham C. Webber to MFA, June 5, 1958
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 215–225
about A.D. 200–280
about A.D. 150
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
530–515 B.C.
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
280–240 B.C.