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LSA-2127 Portrait head of mature man with large chin and short hair and beard. From Italy. Late third to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: Purchased by Torlonia
Current Location: Rome, Museo Torlonia, no. 584
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 95
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 290 Latest: 325
MAIN REFERENCE
Visconti, P.E., Catalogo del Museo Torlonia di sculture antiche, Rome 1880, 224, no. 493

Bergmann, M., Studien zum römischen Porträt des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Bonn 1977, 149, pl. 45.6 (compares to Arch of Constantine portraits)

Sydow, W. von, Zur Kunstgeschichte des spätantike Porträts im 4. Jahrhundert. n. Chr, Bonn 1969, 36-38

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