In keeping with Roman and Jewish practice born of sanitary concerns, the first Christians
Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ Roman early 300s
Collection of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (1585-1646); until 1875, collection of the Dukes of Marlborough; by 1900, collection of Sir Arthur Evans; acquired in 1941, purchased from the estate of Sir Arthur Evans
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
[Until 1955, with Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955), Geneva and New York]; [1955-1959, Estate of Jacob Hirsch]; May 2, 1959, acquired by Dr. Athos Moretti, purchased through Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, Switzerland (lot 33); [1959-1984, with Dr
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
This work depicts the triumphal procession of the Roman general Gaius Marius, in
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
recorded in the Christian Bible has been a principal subject for art since the late Roman
recorded in the Christian Bible has been a principal subject for art since the late Roman
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
Said to be from Qau el-Kebir. Seen by Arthur Mace with Nicolas Tano, Cairo in 1922. Purchased by Howard Carter from Nicolas Tano in Cairo, 1924. Purchased in London from Carter for the Museum by Edward S
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
Owned by S. Simonian, Hamburg Germany, before 2013. Published 1997 and 2003, exhibited in Frankfurt in 1999 and Vienna in 2003 and published in exhibition catalogs. Purchased from Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 2013
Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman
