Arte Paleocristiano
Marble portrait bust of Memnon the African philosopher, 150-160 A. D Marble portrait bust of Memnon the African philosopher, 150-160 A.D. (Berlin: Stadtl. Mus.) 0.27 meters tall.
Portrait bust, perhaps of the philosopher Plotinus, late 3rd c. A. D Portrait bust, perhaps of the philosopher Plotinus, late 3rd c. A.D. (Ostia Museum)
Limestone funerary pillar, from S Limestone funerary pillar, from S. Ambroix, of the carpenter Mansuetus with his tools, 2nd c. (S. Germ. en Laye, Mus. d'Antiq.) 1.90 m. tall. In the plebian-Aquitainian provincial style
Ichthys Early Christian symbol of a fish. Greek for fish is an acrostic for Jesus, Christ, God, Son, Saviour
Fish in early Christian (Coptic) art Limestone, Egypt, 5th century B. C.) Musée du Louvre, Paris © cliché Chuzeville/RMN
Detail from marble sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359 Detail from marble sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359. In the Museo Petriano, St. Peter's, Vatican City.
Catacomba Santi Marcellino e Pietro, Roma Particolare del Cristo in trono tra Pietro e Paolo, IV - V secolo
Marble inlay of the deified Sun from a Mithraeum, 202-229 A. D Marble inlay of the deified Sun from a Mithraeum, 202-229 A.D. (Rome: S. Prisca). 0.50 meters.
The Jewish Catacombs of Vigna Randanini were discovered in the 19th century on the Appian way.