Portrait of a Man

230-240 CE (Late Roman Imperial)

53.9 cm 72.6 cm 30.2 cm

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This bust was probably carved several decades after the reign of Emperor Caracalla (reigned 211-17 CE) and bears many similarities to that emperor's portrait type, which had an enormous influence on the private portraiture of the following generation. Caracalla's later portrai...

Sculpture

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 30]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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