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Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens

Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 21 3/4 x 77 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (55.3 x 196.2 x 57.2 cm). Date: 3rd quarter of 3rd century A.D.. The deities Athena, Zeus, and Hera, assembled at the far left, preside over a musical contest betweenthe Muses and Sirens. The Muses, associated with the highest intellectual and artistic aspirations, are defeating the Sirens, creatures that are half woman and half bird who lured men to destruction with their song. A drawing of the sarcophagus was commissioned by Cassiano dal Pozzo, one of the most respected patrons of art and scholarship in Rome during the first half of the seventeenth century. It belonged at that time to the del Nero family, who apparently converted it into a chest with a keyhole cut into the upper center of the frontal panel and had their coat of arms, a rampant hound, carved on the short ends of the sarcophagus.
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Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens
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Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 21 3/4 x 77 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (55.3 x 196.2 x 57.2 cm). Date: 3rd quarter of 3rd century A.D.. The deities Athena, Zeus, and Hera, assembled at the far left, preside over a musical contest betweenthe Muses and Sirens. The Muses, associated with the highest intellectual and artistic aspirations, are defeating the Sirens, creatures that are half woman and half bird who lured men to destruction with their song. A drawing of the sarcophagus was commissioned by Cassiano dal Pozzo, one of the most respected patrons of art and scholarship in Rome during the first half of the seventeenth century. It belonged at that time to the del Nero family, who apparently converted it into a chest with a keyhole cut into the upper center of the frontal panel and had their coat of arms, a rampant hound, carved on the short ends of the sarcophagus.
Technik/Material:
Marble, Pentelic
Zeitraum:
Late Imperial, Gallienic
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Standort:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Bildnachweis:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Freigaben (Releases):
Model: Nein - Eigentum: Nein
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Bildgröße:
4800 x 2272 px | 31.2 MB
Druckgröße:
40.6 x 19.2 cm | 16.0 x 7.6 in (300 dpi)
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