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The Good Shepard

  • Salon 3, catalog no. 1

  • Early 4th century

  • Rome, Italy

  • The Good Shepard, the story of Jonah and orants

  • Painted ceiling of a catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus

  • This image was plastered on the ceiling of a Roman catacomb, a place early Christians went to worship in secret. Each of the lunettes contains key episodes from the Old Testament story of Jonah.

 

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