Marble portrait of a man
Unknown Artist
In this masterful portrait of a man with a deep frown and sunken cheeks, the roughly chiseled hair and beard contrast with the highly polished face. The portrait was probably set into a bust, as the underside of the neck is carefully tooled.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907
First half of the 3rd century A.D.
Marble
23.0 x 23.0 cm
07.286.112
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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