Portrait head of bearded man in 'Iamblichus-type'. Athens. Later third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Athens
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
No published record; probably from Athens
Current Location:
Athens, National Museum, Store rooms (inv. no. 583 of Arch. Hetairia)
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
31
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
260
Latest:
300
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Orange, H. P., Some remarks on late Greek portraiture, especially regarding the Jamblichos type, Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia, 6, 1975, 59-63, p. 63 pl. XI b-d
Rodenwaldt, G., Griechische Porträts aus dem Ausgang der Antike: 76. Programm zum Winckelmannsfeste der archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin, Berlin 1919, p. 5 no. 4 fig. 1
L'Orange, H. P., Studien zur Geschichte des spätantiken Porträts, Oslo 1933, pp. 41-3 no. 11, p. 125 cat. no. 63