Portrait Head of Augustus

ca. 50 CE (Roman Imperial)

26.6 cm 31.8 cm 27.3 cm

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Some of the finest examples of Roman sculpture are the outstanding portraits that commemorated important individuals. The Roman portrait tradition began with the life-like statues of the Republican period (509-27 BCE). These realistic portraits emphasized the age and experienc...

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[Found with a cache of several heads, via del Babuino, Rome, 1880]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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