Biographical Sarcophagus

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Biographical Sarcophagus

possibly Eastern Mediterranean (Turkey), Roman, probably circa 176–193
Sculpture
Marble
28 1/2 × 89 × 32 in. (72.39 × 226.06 × 81.28 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (47.8.9a-c)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Loeffler, Elaine P. "A Famous Sarcophagus at the Los Angeles Museum." The Art Bulletin 39 (1957) 1-7
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  West Germany:  Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Loeffler, Elaine P. "A Famous Sarcophagus at the Los Angeles Museum." The Art Bulletin 39 (1957) 1-7
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  West Germany:  Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Donahue, Kenneth. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Handbook. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
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