Marble sarcophagus fragment mid-2nd century A.D. Roman The relief, which originally formed the front panel of a large sarcophagus, depicts the death of the Greek hero Meleager, famous for killing the Calydonian boar. On other Roman sarcophagi this scene accompanies that of the hunt itself, showing Meleager spearing the ferocious boar. However, here the focus is on the dying hero who is being carried home surrounded by his grieving father and companions. During the Renaissance the scene became the prototype for artistic representations of the Deposition of Christ. The panel, as it now survives, includes 16th-century restorations.. Marble sarcophagus fragment 250926 Roman, Marble sarcophagus fragment, mid-2nd century A.D., Marble, Luni and Pentelic, Other (reconstructed): 38 1/8 in. 8 3/4 in. 46 7/8 in. (96.8 22.2 119.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.187)

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Marble sarcophagus fragment mid-2nd century A.D. Roman The relief, which originally formed the front panel of a large sarcophagus, depicts the death of the Greek hero Meleager, famous for killing the Calydonian boar. On other Roman sarcophagi this scene accompanies that of the hunt itself, showing Meleager spearing the ferocious boar. However, here the focus is on the dying hero who is being carried home surrounded by his grieving father and companions. During the Renaissance the scene became the prototype for artistic representations of the Deposition of Christ. The panel, as it now survives, includes 16th-century restorations.. Marble sarcophagus fragment 250926 Roman, Marble sarcophagus fragment, mid-2nd century A.D., Marble, Luni and Pentelic, Other (reconstructed): 38 1/8 in. 8 3/4 in. 46 7/8 in. (96.8 22.2 119.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.187)

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