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Scene from Roman Antiquity
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Classical architectural, setting perhaps the crypt of a church. Two tombs, one set into the wall, another, free-standing, dominate the scene. In the center are grouped three figures, two standing women in long robes, and a seated male figure who grasps the arm—imploringly—of one of the women. Another male, also in antique costume sits at the right and gazes at the figures. A schematically drawn figure with a staff peers from behind a stairway in the distant right background.
Department of Drawings
George M. A. Hanfmann gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1973 inv. no. 1973.75
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of George M. A. Hanfmann
Title: Scene from Roman Antiquity
Description:
Classical architectural, setting perhaps the crypt of a church.
Two tombs, one set into the wall, another, free-standing, dominate the scene.
In the center are grouped three figures, two standing women in long robes, and a seated male figure who grasps the arm—imploringly—of one of the women.
Another male, also in antique costume sits at the right and gazes at the figures.
A schematically drawn figure with a staff peers from behind a stairway in the distant right background.
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