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LSA-2633 Portrait head of Socrates. Italy. Fourth or fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: Formerly part of a collection placed by Stefano Rossi (apostolic delegate) in the atrium of the Palazzo della Rocca.
Current Location: Civitavecchia, Museo Civico, no. 76
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Long, covers ears Height(cm): 29
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand: Socrates Position: Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 500
MAIN REFERENCE
Richter, G.M.A., The Portraits of the Greeks, London 1965, 113, no. 10, fig. 504

Danguillier, C., Typologische Untersuchungen zur Dichter- und Denkerikonographie in römischen Darstellungen von der mittleren Kaiserzeit bis in die Spätantike, Oxford 2001, 257, no. 43 (late)

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