| Title: | Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus |
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| Notes: | Junius Bassus was the prefect of Rome, a pagan who became a convert to Christianity. He was baptized shortly before his death in 359. His faith was memoralized in his beautiful sarcophagus, sculpted by an artist whose identity is now lost to us. [Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Fred S. Kleiner. Wadsworth Publishing, 2008. p. 215] |
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| Date: | 359 |
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| Building: | Vatican City. Direzione generale dei musei
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| Object/Function: | Sarcophagus |
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| City/Town: | Rome
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| Country: | Italy
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| Person as Subject: | Peter, the Apostle
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| Attribution: | Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46352 [retrieved October 23, 2017]. |
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| Record Number: | 46352
Last Updated: 2012-03-12 16:26:48
Record Created: 2006-07-13 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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