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LSA-879 Re-cut portrait of Cethegus set on draped bust and with inscribed tabula. Probably from Rome. Later fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: first recorded in collection of Pope Julius III
Current Location: Rome, Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, inv. no. 700
OBJECT
Object: Bust Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: toga; tunic/chiton Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 88
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Cethegus Position: Others Gender: Male
Awarder: Furius Maecius Gracchus Position: High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Stuart Jones, H. (ed.), A catalogue of the ancient sculptures preserved in the municipal collections of Rome. [Vol.1]. The sculptures of the Museo capitolino , Oxford 1912, 312, no. 2, pl. 82

Fittschen, K., P. Zanker, and P. Cain, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom. Band II. Die männliche Privatporträts, Berlin 2010, 178-9, no. 177, pls. 220-221

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