Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man

Date: 280–90 CE
Medium: marble
Culture: Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 141652

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These three pairs of marble portrait busts depict an aristocratic Roman couple. They are unique in representing the same couple three times with only minor variations in costume. Allegedly found together with the Jonah Marbles, they may represent the Christian patrons who commissioned the Jonah cycle.

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Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Provenance: according to William Wixom, an unconfirmed report tells us that the entire group (1965.237-1965.247) was found in a single, huge pithos or jar. (J. J. Klejman, New York).