Portrait of August
Fine-grained white marble (carrara?).
Ca. 27 BCE.
Height 37.5 cm.
Inv. Nos. Ma 1280 / MR 427 / N 1595.Paris, Louvre Museum

Portrait of August.

Fine-grained white marble (carrara?).
Ca. 27 BCE.
Height 37.5 cm.
Inv. Nos. Ma 1280 / MR 427 / N 1595.

Paris, Louvre Museum.

Private collection, Borghese.
Origin:
Purchased in 1807, formerly in the Borghese collection.
Credits:
© 2007 Photo, text: Giroire C., Roger D. Roman Art from the Louvre. Hudson Hills Press, Hudson, 2007. P. 55, cat. no. 2.
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