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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

STATUARIA ROMANA ANTICA: Marble portrait bust of a man, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Rogers Fund, 1909) -- Said to have been found in Rome.

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Marble portrait bust of a man
Period: Early Imperial, Flavian
Date: A.D. 81–96
Culture: Roman
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 41.9 cm
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number: 1909.221.5
This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 168

The carefully styled hair on this man resembles the short coiffure combed forward in undulating waves found on portraits of the emperor Domitian, who ruled from A.D. 81 to 96.
The bust is said to have been found in Rome


References:

Robinson, Edward.
1910. "Department of Classical Art: The Accessions of 1909--V. Conclusion." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 5(10): pp. 234-35, fig. 1.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 87, pp. 116-17.

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