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Portrait of a Man, perhaps Periander

Date

1st–2nd century A.D.

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

Head of a bearded man from a statue or bust. He has curly hair, brushed forward in ringlets that frame his forehead. There are deep drill holes in the curls of his hair and beard. His lips are pressed together and his nose turned up slightly, the tip of which is missing. His forehead has some lines of age. The eyes have deeply drilled pupils and incised irises. The ears have deep drill holes (perhaps non-ancient) that may have been used to affix a wreath or crown. Perhaps a portrait of Periander (Greek Tyrant of Corinth and one of the Seven Sages of Greece, 6th century B.C.), who was depicted as an aged wise man.

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