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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.6.14
Title
Fragment of dentil moulding
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
architectural fragment
Date
1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292219

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Traces of pigment on plaster
Technique
Stucco
Dimensions
H. 6.1 × W. 6.6 × D. 2.7 cm (2 3/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fausto Benedetti, Rome, gift; to Fogg Museum of Art, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Fausto Benedetti
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.6.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two rectangular dentils from an architectural frieze; faint traces of red pigment along the inner edges of the dentils.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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