Male portrait head
Carrara marble.Ca. 30 BCE — 50 CE. Inv. No. 1991.534.Boston, Museum of Fine ArtsPhoto by Roger B. Ulrich
Male portrait head.
Carrara marble.
Ca. 30 BCE — 50 CE.
Ca. 30 BCE — 50 CE.
Inv. No. 1991.534.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
Description:
A Roman portrait of Carrara marble dated by the Boston MFA to the early imperial period (ca. 30 BCE-50 CE) is characterized by the “extreme realism” of the subject. See similar examples from the Vatican Museums in Rome.
Credits:
© 2009. Photo, text: Roger B. Ulrich.
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