Doorframe from a temple or a major public building
about A.D. 200–280
Place of ManufactureCampania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from the island of Proconnesus in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul
DimensionsHeight x width: 366 x 275 cm (144 1/8 x 108 1/4 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number38.733
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
ProvenanceDecember 21, 1932, sold by Ugo Jandolo (dealer), Rome, to Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P9064); 1938, sold by Brummer Gallery to the MFA for $3750 [see note]. (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 38.733 and 38.734 were purchased together for this amount. According to correspondence from Joseph Brummer, the door frame was found near Naples or near Pompeii.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 38.733 and 38.734 were purchased together for this amount. According to correspondence from Joseph Brummer, the door frame was found near Naples or near Pompeii.
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 150
about A.D. 215–225
5th century A.D.
about A.D. 280
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
280–240 B.C.
about 260–250 B.C.