About the Artwork
Sarcophagus with Winged Victories Holding Plaque
mid-2nd century CE
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Roman
Unknown
Marble
Overall: 27 1/2 × 74 3/8 × 21 1/2 inches (69.9 × 188.9 × 54.6 cm) Overall (basin): 18 3/4 × 74 3/8 × 21 1/2 inches (47.6 × 188.9 × 54.6 cm) Overall (lid): 9 × 72 × 21 inches (22.9 × 182.9 × 53.3 cm)
Sculpture
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
City of Detroit Purchase
27.208
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Provenance
Alfredo Barsanti (Itlay)
1927-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Booth, Ralph H., et al. "Annual Report for the Arts Commission for the Year 1927," Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 5 (February 1928): p. 58 (ill.).
Vermuele, Cornelius C. "Roman Sarcophagi in America," Festschrift fur Friedrich Matz (1962): p. 102, pl. 28, no. 2.
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Roman, Sarcophagus with Winged Victories Holding Plaque, mid-2nd century CE, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 27.208.
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