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Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man

Classification
relief
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 18.5 cm
Date
275–300
Period
3rd century A.D.
Material
marble analysis; Göktepe marble
Iconography
male figure
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Beöthy, Zsolt (1848–1922)
Inventory
69.14.A
ID
Hyp-6971
References
Nagy Á. M. 2013a, 102–103; Schindler, in BullMusHong 42 (1974)

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 fragment was made of Göktepe marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.