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Description
English: Allegory of Mother Earth, detail of the front of a sarcophagus with the triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons. Roman artwork of the Late Imperial (Gallienic) period. Said to be from Rome.
Français : Allégorie de la Terre, détail du panneau frontal de sarcophage représentant le triomphe de Dionysos et les Saisons. Œuvre romaine de la période impériale tardive (règne de Gallien). Provenance alléguée : Rome.
Date between circa 260 and circa 270 AD
Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions width: 215.9 cm (85 in)
dimensions QS:P2049,215.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Department of Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
55.11.5
Credit line Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955
References Metropolitan Museum of Art : entry 130015320
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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Allegory of Mother Earth, detail of the front of a sarcophagus with the triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons. Roman artwork of the Late Imperial (Gallienic) period (3rd century).

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