Portrait head of bearded man. Corinth (Achaea). Fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Corinth
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
Lechaeum road/ Peribolos of Apollo
Current Location:
Corinth museum inv. no. S-1454
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Wreath-style
Height(cm):
38
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
de Grazia, C. E., American School of Classical Studies at Athens, "Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Corinth: The Roman Portrait Sculpture," Ph.D. Dissertation , Columbia University, 1973, pp. 223-6 no. 54 pl. 71
Vermeule, C., Roman imperial art in Greece and Asia Minor, Cambridge, Mass. 1968, p. 246
