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

Portrait of a man

Classification
portrait; sculpture / statue; statue
Dimensions
height: 34.5 cm
Date
modern
Period
post-antique
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
male head
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
3942
ID
Hyp-4034
References
Hekler 1929, 127, no. 117; Türr 1984, 193–194, RK5; Varner 2004, 64, j. 162; Frel, in BullMusHong 16 (1960), 44; Goette, HWA 2012 Autumn; Fuchs, in Boreas 20 (1997), 89, pl. 10; Fittschen–Zanker 2014, 82, 7c j.

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 Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.