Male portrait

Classification

portrait ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 22 cm

Date

second half of the 1st century A. D.

Period

Early Imperial Period (1st century)

Material

marble analysis ; Parian marble, lychnites

Iconography

male head

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937); Grimani Collection

Inventory

4806

Hyp-3902

References

Hekler 1929, 119, no. 113

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 Parian (Paros-Marathi) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.