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Portrait of a man in the Republican style, first century CE or later

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Description

Maker

Culture

Roman

Title

Portrait of a man in the Republican style

Year

first century CE or later

Medium

Marble

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

Height: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 inches)

Type

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

25.063

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

This carefully sculpted head represents a particular individual: a balding man of late middle age with wrinkled, sagging skin and a serious expression. At the same time, it depicts an ideal type: that of a statesman in the Roman Republican period, when high political offices were reserved for those of advanced years and patrician birth. Images of the time sought to highlight culturally defined virtues: frankness, integrity, and devotion to duty. Portrait statues of illustrious men filled Rome’s public spaces and portrait busts of distinguished ancestors lined the entrance halls of the homes of the Roman elite.

Use

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