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LSA-2109 Inscribed shield portrait of Menander. Italy. Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: acquired in 1776 in Rome by James Smith Barry for Marbury Hall, Cheshire
Current Location: Arthur M. Sackler Art Museum, Harvard University, inv. no. 1991.63
OBJECT
Object: Tondo Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak/mantle, himation; tunic/chiton Hairstyle: Brushed forward Height(cm): 55
Attributes: scroll Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Menander Position: Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 325 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Christie's London, Property from Marbury Hall. July 7, 1987, London 1987, 28-9, no. 9

Richter, G.M.A., The Portraits of the Greeks, London 1965, II, , 227, no. 2, figs. 1528-1530

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