Roman Collection - Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA
N 37° 47.078 W 122° 30.031
10S E 543981 N 4182037
Ancient Art has been an integral part of the Legion of Honor and the de Young since they were founded.
Waymark Code: WMW4DH
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2017
Views: 8
Antiquities were considered essential to any museum in the early 20th century, and both M. H. de Young, founder of the de Young, and Alma Spreckels, founder of the Legion of Honor, furnished their institutions with a variety of ancient objects. The works they brought to the museums and those that have been added over the years cover a broad geographical and chronological range across the ancient Mediterranean basin—primarily Egypt, the Near East, Greece, the Aegean Islands, Etruria, and Rome. One of the earliest and largest gifts of ancient art was a group of antiquities received by Spreckels from Elisabeth, the Queen of Greece.
Some of the Roman objects on display include :
Season Sarcophagus - 260–280 A.D. This sarcophagus, or coffin, contains imagery, carved in high relief, symbolic of both the agricultural seasons and Bacchic ritual. On coffins and other monuments of the late Roman period, youths symbpolizing the seasons were popular features.
Torso of Hermes
Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Empire > 27 B.C.
Admission Fee: $15
Opening days/times:
Tuesday–Sunday
9:30 am–5:15 pm
Web Site: [Web Link]
Condition: Completely intact or reconstructed
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