Chapps#SarcophagusSaturday I'm often asked if the Romans painted their spectacularly carved sarcophagi. Yes, they certainly did, as you can see from the red pigment remaining on this 3rd c. CE beauty with a Dionysian procession. ALT for more. #polychromy 1/
Chris Kendall@Chapps @swhiteside Wouldn’t it be interesting to see a reconstruction in full colour?
@ottocrat @swhiteside Haha! It's on my list. I'm trying to get more reports about these types of sarcophagi to understand more about how they might have been painted. The reds are the easiest to figure out, and I'm pretty sure the rest would have been appropriately painted - the greenery would have been, well, green, and you'd have to paint the other details, to differentiate and tell the story. It would be odd to leave anything out.