Relief_with_Menander_and_New_Comedy_Masks_-_Princeton_Art_Museum.jpg
Description Relief with Menander and New Comedy Masks - Princeton Art Museum.jpg |
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Roman, Republican or Early Imperial
Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C. – early 1st century A.D. White marble, probably Italian h. 48.5 cm., w. 59.5 cm., d. 8.5 cm. (17 7/16 x 23 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.) Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund y1951-1 - the masks show three of his canonical New Comedy characters: youth, false maiden, old man. Collection of Princeton Art Museum. |
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Source | Princeton University Art Museum | ||||||
Author | Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup | ||||||
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Camera location | 34° 02′ 43.66″ N, 118° 33′ 52.28″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 34.045460; -118.564522 |
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