THE GOOD SHEPHERD SARCOPHAGUS

Late 4th century

Art Through the Ages, Gardner, 1986, p. 261, “The Ancient World | Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art | Early Christian Art”:

P. 261, figure 7-18:

The Origins of Christian Art, Gough, 1973, p. 18, “Paganism baptized : Christian art before Constantine”:

Pp. 22-23, illustration 15, “15, 16  Christian sarcophagus reliefs often used symbols with pagan associations, to avoid undue attention. Left (below) : the Good Shepherd and the vintage feast. ….”:

P. 205, “List of Illustrations”:

Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism, Cole / Gealt, 1989, p. 42 (image mirrored [negative probably flipped before paste-up]):

The Invisible Made Visible: Angels from the Vatican, Duston / Nesselrath, 1998, p 130, catalogue 26, “Origins of Angel Iconography”:

P. 131 (pagan art):

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(Back to) p. 130:

Fig. 1 (Christian art):

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P. 68, “The Classical Origins of Angel Iconography”:

P. 134, catalogue 28, “Origins of Angel Iconography”:

Pp. 134-135, catalogue 28, “Origins of Angel Iconography” (pagan art):

Early Christian Art: AD 200-395: From the Rise of Christianity to the Death of Theodosius, André Grabar, 1968, p. 259, “3. The Art of the Fourth Century | Sarcophagus Reliefs | 287.  Sarcophagus of the Good Shepherd” [Vines & Eroti]:

P. 325, “List of Illustrations”:

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P. 258, “3. The Art of the Fourth Century | Sarcophagus Reliefs | 286.  Sarcophagus of the Good Shepherd, detail: The Good Shepherd.  Museo Laterano, Rome” [Vines & Eroti]:

P. 325, “List of Illustrations”:

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P. 260, “3. The Art of the Fourth Century | Sarcophagus Reliefs | 289.  Sarcophagus of the Good Shepherd, detail: Vintaging Cupids.  Museo Laterano, Rome”:

P. 325, “List of Illustrations”:

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P. 259, “3. The Art of the Fourth Century | Sarcophagus Reliefs | 288.  Sarcophagus of the Good Shepherd, detail of one end: Vintaging Cupids”:

P. 325, “List of Illustrations”:

Art History, Stokstad, Revised Edition, 1999, Vol. 1, p. 308, “Imperial Christian Art and Architecture and Art”:

P. 308, figure 7-24:

Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, p. 13:

Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 6, “Sarcophagus, second half of IVth century. The Good Shepherd and the Vintage”:

Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, p. 310, “Notes to the Plates”:

Christian Iconography: A Study of Its Origins, André Grabar, 1968, p. 11:

Illustration 19:

http://vandyck.anu.edu.au/introduction/earlychristian/L22-04b.htm (via http://vandyck.anu.edu.au/introduction/earlychristian/earlychristian.html), Detail: Good Shepherd Sarcophagus:

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