Sarcophagus of Constantina, daughter of the emperor Contantine (mid-fourth century A.D.)
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Type:
Cast
Year:
Material and technique:
Plaster
Origin:
(original piece) Mausoleum of Constantina (Santa Costanza), Rome
Inventory:
MCR 554
Collection:
(original piece) Vatican Museums, 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.
