Intaglio with the Head of a Julio-Claudian Prince

2nd century CE (Imperial)

1.6 cm 2.2 cm 0.6 cm

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This intaglio depicts the head of a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in profile to the left. The subject’s classicized facial features and tousled hair are characteristic of the art made during the reign of the emperor Augustus.

Artifact

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22901
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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3
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