Currently not on view
Child's sarcophagus with Herakles battling centaurs,
ca. 140–150 CE
Roman
Early Antonine Period, 138–193 CE
1996-10
Information
Title
Child's sarcophagus with Herakles battling centaurs
Dates
ca. 140–150 CE
Medium
Fine-grained white marble
Dimensions
32.7 × 52.2 × 146.5 cm (12 7/8 × 20 9/16 × 57 11/16 in.)
d. 5.8 - 6.4 cm, th. 1.465 cm
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Gift of the Friends of The Princeton University Art Museum, and an anonymous Friend
Object Number
1996-10
Period
Type
Materials
Probably Rome, known since the 16th century, when it belonged to the Doni family; ca. 1750 it was sold to Bindo Simone Peruzzi, Florence; in the late 19th century it was sold to the dealer Bardini; in the collection of Thomas Colville, CT; purchased by the Museum from Acanthus, New York in 1996.
- Hans Dütschke, Antike Bildwerke in Oberitalien, (Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1874-1882)., Vol. 2: p. 146; cat. no. 349
- Carl Robert, Die Antiken Sarkophagreliefs, (Berlin: G. Grote, 1890-)., Vol. 3, pt. 1: cat. no. 135; p. 157-58; pl. 41
- John Boardman, et. al., Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC), (Zürich: Artemis Verlag, 1981-2009)., Vol. 4: p. 883, Demeter 468; p. 726, pl. 442, Herakleidai 9; p. 806, pl. 536, Herakles 1409; Vol. 5: p. 755, pl. 498, Iris I 153;
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1996," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 56, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 75-115., p. 103
- J. Michael Padgett, ed., Roman sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 2001)., cat. no. 109
