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LSA-896 Colossal portrait of Maxentius in 'Dresden-Stockholm' type. From Italy. Early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: Originally in the collection of Bellori. In 1698 in Berlin and between 1723 and 1726 in the collection of Frederick Augustus
Current Location: Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Skulpturensammlung, Hm 406
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 61.7
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Maxentius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 293 Latest: 312
MAIN REFERENCE
Protzmann, H. (ed) et al., Die Antiken im Albertinum. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Skulpturensammlung., Mainz1993, 66-7, no. 36

Demandt, A. and J. Engemann, (eds.), Konstantin der Grosse, Mainz 2007
, no. I.7.5 (F. Sinn)

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