EARLY CHRISTIAN SCULPTOR, Byzantine
(active 6th century in Ravenna)

Sarcophagus of the Lambs

6th century
Marble
Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna

Objects of interest in Sant'Apollinare in Classe are - among others - sarcophagi of the 6th century and later carved with chi-rho monograms, lambs, birds, vine scrolls, and other symbolic motifs. One of the sarcophagi is the Sarcophagus of the Lambs.




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