Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons

A white marble sarcophagus with a continuous relief frieze of nude and draped figures, satyrs and animals crowding around a central enthroned figure. The carving is deep and dense, set on dark spherical feet and a dark stone pedestal.

Look closer: Small carved figures and animals crouch at the lower edge of the frieze, partly hidden by the figures above.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 260–270 CE

Medium

Marble

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3479 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955