Male Portrait Bust

ca. 260 CE

16.3 cm 18.9 cm 8.4 cm

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This bust was found in the house of Laberius Gallus, and the distinctive features suggest that it might represent him or a member of his family. Following the fashion of his day, he wears a toga with a heavy border folded into a band worn across the chest.

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Excavated 1882, Bolsena (Volsinii), Italy; collection of Giovanni Scotti. Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 14, pt. II, p. 8-9]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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