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Shepherd Carrying Lamb

Roman (Sculptor)
late 3rd-early 4th century (Late Antique)
white marble
(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. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

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.

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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
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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

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23.53

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