EditorialRoman Art. Italy. The sarcophagus of Helena. Red porphyry. 4th century. Carved with military scenes with Roman soldiers on horseback and barbarian prisoners. Mounted on four lions carved by Francesco Antonio Franzoni. It comes from Mausoleum of Helena....
EditorialRoman Art. Italy. The sarcophagus of Helena. Red porphyry. 4th century. Carved with military scenes with Roman soldiers on horseback and barbarian prisoners. Detail. Roman soldier. Mounted on four lions carved by Francesco Antonio Franzoni. It comes fr...
EditorialRoman Art. Italy. The sarcophagus of Helena. Red porphyry. 4th century. Carved with military scenes with Roman soldiers on horseback and barbarian prisoners. Mounted on four lions carved by Francesco Antonio Franzoni. It comes from Mausoleum of Helena....
EditorialPortrait presume de Benvenuto Cellini-Presumed portrait of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571). Florence, mid-16th. The porphyry on which the portrait is painted, may be the result of the debate, in Florence of the 16th, about the difference in durability of...