Portrait of a Man

180-192 CE (Roman Imperial)

55 cm 58 cm 26 cm

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The position of the head and the tousled locks of hair date this animated portrait to the late Antonine period. The style of carving has created a play of light and shadow. The lengthening of the bust to include the chest, rendered here as a flat, vertical surface, is also typ...

Sculpture

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9233
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sculpture
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Sambon, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1923, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N650]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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6
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