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Roman Sarcophagus with the Myth of Adonis: The Thigh Wound Scene

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File Name

21252_0219

Caption

Ducal Palace, Troy Apartment: Front of a sarcophagus with scenes from the myth of Adonis, Proconnesian marble, late 2nd century AD. Detail of Adonis disarmed and wounded in the thigh by the boar.

City

Mantua

Keywords

Art - Artwork - Sculpture - Relief - Sarcophagus - Marmo proconnesio - Proconnesian Marble - 2nd Century AD - Roman Art - Greek Myth - Adonis - Venus - Italy - Lombardy - Mantua - Ducal Palace - Wild Boar - Wound