Gallo-Roman sculpture, Musee de l'Arles Antique, Arles

Statue of Medea as woman with 2 children, drawing a sword, Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, from a funerary building in the Arles Roman cemetery near the ramparts, excavated in 1782, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The scene depicts the moment Medea kills her rival Creusa and her 2 sons to punish her husband Jason. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13564549

Media ID

45388431

Size

4464px x 7087px (5.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009