Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait Head of a Noble or Official
- Date
- 175–200 CE
- Medium
- marble
- Culture
- Italy, Roman, Antonine period
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 129830
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
A nobleman or government official is likely depicted in this portrait of a curly-haired man with a full beard. These features, together with drilled pupils and irises on the eyes, typically do not appear in Roman sculpture prior to the reign of Hadrian (AD 117–38), an admirer of Greek culture. Deeply carved beards and curls remain popular in portraiture throughout (and beyond) the Antonine period (AD 138–92), when this sculpture was probably made. When acquired, this portrait was thought to depict Lucius Verus, co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius (reigned AD 161–69).
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- ?-1952: Mrs. Paul Mallon (d. 1977), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1952-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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