Sarcophagus Fragment with the Good Shepherd

early 4th century (Late Antique)

55 cm 34.5 cm

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This fragment comes from a small Early Christian sarcophagus that was probably made for a child. At the right is a young shepherd, who carries a lamb over his shoulders as two sheep gaze up at him from below. The image of the Good Shepherd originated with the pagan Greek figur...

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Jerome M. Eisenberg [Royal-Athena Galleries], London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2001, by purchase.
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Roman
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marble

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