Frieze of acanthus spirals with sphinxes

Fregio a girali di acanto con sfingi
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
Early Augustan period
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 89
Origin: 
Rome, Via Boncompagni (1888)
Inventory: 
MC1810
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Sala Caldaie - Horti Sallustiani
Gardens of Sallust

This residential complex, previously owned by Caesar, then by the historian Sallust, and then by his great-nephew, became part of the imperial property in 20 AD, and was developed into three great terraces in what is now the Ludovisi zone.
The remains of the gardens’ rich decorative apparatus is divided among various Italian and foreign museums.