Portrait of a bearded man
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Portrait of a greek philosopher (so-called Pittakos)

Portrait of a bearded man (the so-called Septimius Severus)

Classification
sculpture / statue; portrait
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 17.4 cm
Date
end of the 2nd – beginning of the 3rd century A.D.
Period
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Material
marble analysis; Pentelic marble
Iconography
male head
Findspot
Aquincum?
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Inventory
66.1.A
ID
Hyp-1805
References
Zanker 1983, 42, 27, pl. 4; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 170; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 194

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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