Portrait of Euripides

Classification

bust ; portrait

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 40.5 cm

Date

1st century A.D.

Period

2nd century A.D.

Material

marble

Iconography

Euripides

Production place

Roman Empire

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4054

Hyp-411

References

Hekler 1929, 54, no. 44; Richter 1965, I, 136, no. 22, figs. 741–743; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 65–66, fig. 44; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 73–74, fig. 44; Papastamati-Von Moock, in AM 122 (2007)

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 portrait was made of Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.