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Historical Archive: Three Shepherds Sarcophagus

Shepherd sarcophagus from the Catacomb of Praetextatus, Rome
c.370-400, marble 72 x 223 x 112 cm
Doves(?) on top edge at left and right corners restored.
Vatican Museums, 31554 (ex 191A)


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full front: shepherds and vintage 		Click to enlarge.
vintaging putto 		Click to enlarge.
putti milking goat, carrying kid; pan pipes 		Click to enlarge.
shepherd, vintaging putti 		Click to enlarge.
shepherd with ram
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putto trampling grapes 		Click to enlarge.
person receiving grapes and wine or milk (Cupid and Psyche?) 		Click to enlarge.
hare, full basket, pedestal with masks 		Click to enlarge.
side and back, oblique view with people for scale 		Click to enlarge.
end: labors of the seasons: top register: harvesting grain, binding sheaves, carrying sheaves, harvesting olives
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putto with hare and dog, and holding shepherd's crook (pedum); putto pulling a lizard on a cord out of a vessel, with grapes 		Click to enlarge.
putto with bird, basket of flowers, garland?; putto with pan pipes and cup 		Click to enlarge.
back 		Click to enlarge.
back and end, oblique view 		Click to enlarge.
end: labors of the seasons: harvest of grapes and olives
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vintaging putti, one with pedum; pan pipes, hare 		Click to enlarge.
harvesting olives: olive trees, ox cart, dog