Tombstone of the apostle Paul (fourth century A.D.)
Author:
Type:
Reproduction
Year:
Material and technique:
Plaster
Size:
2,12 m. x 1,27 m.
Origin:
(originale) Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura - Roma
Inventory:
MCR 534
Collection:
(original piece) Basilica of St. Paul Without the Walls, Rome
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.
