Colossal marble portrait head of prince, Constantius II or Constans? From Rome or its envrions. 330-340.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
purchased in 1615 by Scipio Borghese or in 1625 by Antonio Borghese from collection of G.B. della Porta (d. 1597)
Current Location:
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo del Conservatori, Rome, inv. 2882
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Short
Height(cm):
96
Attributes:
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantius II or Constans
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
330
Latest:
337
MAIN REFERENCE
Fittschen, K. and P. Zanker, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band I, Mainz 1985, 156-7, no. 125, pl. 156
Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 137-9, pl. 50, fig. 38
