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Shepherd Carrying Lamb
(Roman Empire )
This statue fragment depicts a shepherd carrying a lamb and is possibly a representation of the Good Shepherd. The figure wears a tunic that is tied at the waist and holds the hind feet of the lamb with his right hand, the fore feet with his left.
The head of the sculpture is gone, and it is broken near the knees. It is carved in the round.There are iron pins set into the legs; the marble is discolored around the iron.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 42]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/14/1966 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 6/23/1971 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/1/1992 | Technical Report | x-ray diffraction; other |
Geographies
Roman Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 17 11/16 × W: 11 5/8 × D: 7 1/16 in. (45 × 29.5 × 18 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.53