Vault

Painted vault from the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, Rome. In the centre Orpheus, to represent Christ the Good Shepherd, and round are smaller paintings of various types of Christ.

Keywords

roman art

Galleries

Roman Empire

Source

The Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (New York: The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910)XIX:23

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