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Endymion / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Malibu, Paul Getty Museum

Further details

This Sarcophagus is filed amongst the 'Census', but nothing seems to suggest that it was known during the Renaissance /[left to right]: Aura holding the horses; Tellus [destroyed] reclined on the ground; Selene [centre]; Hypnos pouring sleep to the sleeping Endymion; [far right] Selene's departure

Artist or creator

Ancient Roman

Date

3rd century (early)

Location

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Classical Antiquities) (inv. 76.AA.8)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Dagmar Grassinger, Die mythologischen Sarkophage, vol. 2 (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs 12, 2), Berlin 1992, pp. 122-123, no. 65

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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