Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist unknown

Urania , Muse, Detail Sarcophagus. First Half of the second century. Found in Via Ostiense.

Dimensions H. 92 cm (36 in.), W. 2.06 m (6 ft. 9 in.), D. 68 cm (26 ¾ in.)

Credit line Albani Collection, then in the Musei Capitolini; seized during the French Revolution then exchanged according to the Tolentino Treaty, 1815

Accession number Ma 475 (MR 880 )

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon wing, room 25

Source Jastrow (2006)


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