How a Roman sarcophagus—going on sale this week—was emptied for a pu...

12/03/18


Art Newspaper

How a Roman sarcophagus—going on sale this week—was emptied for a pug
Art Newspaper
Poor Harlequin's bones were presumably tipped out in turn, when his tomb went into the epic 40-day bankruptcy sale, in which the man by then dubbed "the Greatest Debtor in the World" scattered the contents of his home. The 1848 sale catalogue did ...

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