Statuette of the Good Shepherd

The statuette of the Good Shepherd is a marble statuette formerly part of a sarcophagus that dates to the late third or early 4th century A.D. found in the Catacomb of Callixtus. It was reworked in 1764 to become an independent statuette. Above the base, the statue underwent restoration in the 18th century and partial recreation of missing sections. Parts reworked include the upper part of the head, the lamb's legs, the back of the statue, one of the shepherd's legs and both his arms.
The statuette illustrates Christ as the Good Shepherd, written of in the Bible's Parable of the Lost Sheep. From Luke 15, verses 3–7: