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LSA-2439 Portrait head of Socrates, probably from tondo. Unknown provenance. Fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Unknown
Details: Probably part of donation by Edward Perry Warren and John Marshall, art dealers, in 1908
Current Location: Leipzig, Antikenmuseum
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Long, covers ears Height(cm): 24
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand: Socrates Position: Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 400 Latest: 500
MAIN REFERENCE
Tombrägel, M. ‘Ein spätantikes Sokrates-Porträt', Festgabe anlässlich der Winckelmannsfeier des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Leipzig am 18.12.2008, Leipzig 2008,

Richter, G.M.A., The Portraits of the Greeks, London 1965, Supplement, 5, no. 27a, figs. 523a- 523b

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