Roman Relief of Male Torso

Name/Title

Roman Relief of Male Torso

Entry/Object ID

HM-407

Description

Roman male torso fragment. Dr. Robert Cohan (2022): Possibly fragment from sarcophagus body of Cupid/Eros with downward facing torch depicting loss of life; would originally be flanking either the left or right side of a sarcophagus.

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

407

Made/Created

Place

Location

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Provenance

Notes

L. LaVita February 1927 700 lire ($36.84 in 1930, $585.61 in 2021)