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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
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
about A.D. 175–200
about A.D. 200–280
about A.D. 150
about A.D. 215–225
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
about A.D. 280
5th century A.D.
280–240 B.C.
about 260–250 B.C.
