Shepherd Carrying Lamb

late 3rd-early 4th century (Late Antique)

29.5 cm 45 cm 18 cm

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This statue fragment depicts a shepherd carrying a lamb and is possibly a representation of the Good Shepherd. The figure wears a tunic that is tied at the waist and holds the hind feet of the lamb with his right hand, the fore feet with his left.The head of the sculpture is g...

Sculpture

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id
22545
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contentType
sculpture
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stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 42]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
language
language
en
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pageCount
11
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style
style
Early Christian
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.53

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