Head of the Young Marcus Aurelius (?)

ca. 1540 (Renaissance) H: 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm) Citation Source image

Portrait busts and heads of Greek and Roman philosophers and emperors, not necessarily ancient, graced well-rounded collections of antiquities during the 1500s and 1600s. They were kept at hand as inspirational examples of noble, manly virtue. This handsome head is characteri...

Sculpture

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12103
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1916 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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