Altar Dedicated to M. Iunius Rufus by his Tutor Soterichus

2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)

56.5 cm 95.3 cm 45.7 cm

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This funeral stele depicts a figure guiding a horse with a rider. Above are a standing and a seated figure. The piece is the altar of M. Junius Rufus and bears an inscription. On the right and left ends are masks. The top and back are cut out for the top of a trough. The insid...

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Commissioned by Soterichus for Marcus Iunius Rufus, Rome, 2nd century CE [recorded and illustrated by Pirro Ligorio at S. Stefano (Piscinula), ca. 1553–1568]. Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna, Rome, by 1699, [mode of acquisition unknown]. Don Marcello Massarenti, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 15]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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