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Funerary Monument of Flavius Agricola

138-193 C.E.

Roman

72.148

On display in C200

marble

Artwork Details

Culture
Creation Date
138-193 C.E.
Materials
marble
Object Types
sculptures
Dimensions

26-1/2 x 70 x 27 in.

Period
Antonine
Dynasty
Antonine
Accession Number
72.148
Credit Line

Gift of Alan Hartman

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

Classical Art

Color Palette

Excavated from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy, in 1626 and acquired by Cardinal Francesco Barberini [1597-1679];{1} by descent to the Barberini heirs, the Sciarra Colonna family, Rome, and on view in the Galleria Sciarra;{2} sold from this collection, possibly to Baron Rothschild, Paris, France.{3} European art market, about 1939.{4} (Demotte, Inc, New York, New York).{5} (Joseph Brummer, New York); Sale at (Parke-Bernet, New York) in 1949.{6} (French & Company, Inc, New York) by 1957.{7} Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hartman, New York; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1972. {1} See Giuseppe Pucci, L’epitaffio di Flavio Agricola e un disegno della collezione Dal Posso-Albani,”Bollettino della Commissione Archeologica Communale de Roma, volume 81 (1968-69), pp. 173-177. {2} The funerary monument appears as no. 3415, in the Sciarra Palace, in Friedrich Matz and Friedrich von Duhn, Antike Bildwerke in Rom, volume 2, 1881, p. 479. {3} Pucci notes that this was the speculation of the Italian archaeologist and publicist, Costantino Maes, who was dismayed that Maffeo Sciarra [1850-1925] was selling items abroad. Baron Alphonse Rothschild did buy at least two paintings from the Sciarra collection. {4} As noted by Cornelius C. Vermeule, “The Dal Pozzo-Albini Drawings of Classical Antiquities in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle,” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 56, part 2, 1966, p. 37. {5} Given as a previous owner in the 1949 Parke-Bernet auction catalogue, cited below. {6} Parke-Bernet, New York, Classical and Medieval Stone Sculptures…Part III of the Art Collection Belonging to the Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer, 8-9 June 1949, lot 505. {7} See the advertisement, with an illustration of the sculpture, in the New York Times, 10 November 1957.



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