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LSA-591 Portait head of Emperor with diadem (Valentinian III?). From Rome or its environs. Mid-fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: From the Borghese Collection
Current Location: Louvre, Paris, inv. no. MA 1010
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 32
Attributes: diadem, jewelled Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Valentinian III? Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 425 Latest: 475
MAIN REFERENCE
de Kersauson, K., Les portraits romains II; de l’année de la guerre civile (68-69 après J-C) à la fin de l’Empire , Paris 1996, 538-9, no. 257

Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 215-6, pl.112

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