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Dive deeper with Lisa Çakmak, chair and curator of Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium, as we explore a remnant of ancient Rome discovered on the seafloor in the 1920s.
This sculpture fragment and a number of others were found near Athens in the harbor of Piraeus, where they had been lost in a disaster, likely while awaiting shipment.
Collectors in second-century Rome sought out this popular style of art, and it’s possible this work was commissioned by a wealthy Roman citizen to adorn a private villa.
Dive deeper with Lisa Çakmak, chair and curator of Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium, as we explore a remnant of ancient Rome discovered on the seafloor in the 1920s.
This sculpture fragment and a number of others were found near Athens in the harbor of Piraeus, where they had been lost in a disaster, likely while awaiting shipment.
Collectors in second-century Rome sought out this popular style of art, and it’s possible this work was commissioned by a wealthy Roman citizen to adorn a private villa.
