Five marble architectural fragments

Five fragments of carved marble hang on a pale gray wall, each a separate piece of a larger architectural element. The longest, at center, shows a row of egg-and-dart and bead moldings, while the others carry scrolling foliage, a dentil cornice and a relief figure at the right edge.

Look closer: A small relief figure, possibly an animal or a human form, is cut into the fragment at the far right edge.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 90–92 CE

Medium

Marble

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2201 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906