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Marble Portrait Bust of a Man in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Marble Portrait Bust of a Man in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
Marble portrait bust of a man

Period: Late Imperial

Date: mid–3rd century A.D.

Culture: Roman

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925

Accession Number: 25.78.27

Description:

The alert, asymmetrical gaze, deeply drilled eyes, and full hair of this imposing figure suggest that the bust dates to the reign of the emperor Gallienus (A.D. 253–268).


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