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LSA-712 Portrait head of Plato set on herm. Italy. Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: Unrecorded
Current Location: Vatican City, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Geografica, inv. no. 22
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak/mantle, himation Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 56
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand: Plato Position: Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Lippold. G., Die Sculpturen des Vaticanischen Museums. Band III, Berlin 1956, Part 2, 462-3, no. 22 pl. 199

Richter, G.M.A., The Portraits of the Greeks, London 1965, 168, no. 6*, fig. 962-3 (doubts identification)

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