Marble Portrait Of A Man

Marble bust of a man.
Marble portrait of a man. Based on the size and detail of this marble portrait it would have likely been placed in a prominent position in a house or garden. This head with its broad forehead narrow chin and long scrawny neck is so similar to portraits of julius caesar as he appears on coins and in sculpture that in the past it was identifed as that famous general and politician. Late 1st century b c. Marble portrait bust of a man.
One such portrait the milwaukee art museum s portrait of a man was sculpted during the late hadrianic 117 138 ce or antonine period 138 193 ce. 31 5 x 19 7 x 19 7 cm classification. Marble portrait bust of a man. Marble portrait of a man roman late republican or early augustan period late 1st century b c.
To warrant a marble likeness and had suffered a right hemiplegia or revealed an obvious developmental handicap throughout life the natural question would arise as to what historical figure might be identified with certain physical or speech characteristics of moderate right sided paralysis. Marble portrait of a man. Busts figures marble sculpture stone roman empire stone. 15 5 cm stone sculpture roman statesman gaius marius 157 86 bc commonly known as marius.
Late republican or early augustan. 12 3 8 x 7 3 4 x 7 3 4 in. If the subject of the portrait was famous enough in the third or fourth century b c. Free for commercial use no attribution required.
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