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Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Child or Eroscirca 210-220

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Marble sculpture fragment showing the nude upper body and curly-haired head of a child, tilted slightly left, emerging from a rough broken stone slab with traces of carved architectural decoration
Marble architectural fragment featuring a half-length figure of a child with curly hair, bare torso shown in three-quarter view, backed by an ornately drilled acanthus scroll corbel; weathered white marble surface with pitting.

Unknown, Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Child or Eros, circa 210-220, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Child or Eros
Culture
Roman
Place Made
Asia Minor
Date Made
circa 210-220
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
19 × 11 × 10 in. (48.26 × 27.94 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
49.14.2
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman