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Architectural panel with a griffin
Architectural panel with a griffin

Architectural panel with a griffin

about A.D. 175–200
Place of ManufactureCampania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the from the island of Proconnesus in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul
DimensionsHeight x length: 104 x 137.8 cm (40 15/16 x 54 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.748
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ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Torre Annunziata. Bought in Sorrento [with 03.747]; a letter from Warren, dated January 18, 1928, adds that he was told the relief with griffins had been on the wall of the cathedral of Sorrento and had been taken down when a new front was put up, the relief then being in private possession for some time); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903