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

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.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.