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Portrait of a Philosopher

Date

about A.D. 400

Medium

White marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

This man’s long hair and beard and his intent gaze mark him as a philosopher. A chiton covers his left shoulder and part of the upper chest. Although the portrait is based on a Greek original of about 300 B.C., details of the carving—notably the treatment of the eyes, with the pupils shown as concentric circles—suggest that this is a Roman copy of around A.D. 400.

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