Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance

These sculptures reflect the Blisses' wide-ranging tastes and extraordinary connoisseurship. About a quarter are Greco-Roman; nearly two-thirds of the rest are Late Antique, mostly limestone carvings from Early Byzantine Egypt. Sculpture from the Middle Byzantine period is very rare, making the four pieces in this collection especially significant.

About the author

Gary Vikan

Product details

• Authors: Dumbarton Oaks, Gary Vikan
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780884022121
• ISBN: 978-0-88402-212-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 305 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1429 g
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Catalogues; Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series; Dumbarton Oaks Collection; Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series (HUP)Contins [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity