Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (359 A.D.)
Author:
Type:
Reproduction
Year:
Material and technique:
Plaster
Size:
243x141 cm
Origin:
(original piece) Basilica of St. Peter, Rome
Inventory:
MCR 553
Collection:
(original piece) Vatican Grottos, Vatican City
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The design of this room, which is dedicated to the life of Christianity during the empire, is based on that of a church: it is divided into three naves and on the far wall, next to a reproduction of the great porphry sarcophagus of Constantine, is a large cross.
