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Portrait head of the Emperor Domitian (A.D. 69–98) from a relief
Portrait head of the Emperor Domitian (A.D. 69–98) from a relief

Portrait head of the Emperor Domitian (A.D. 69–98) from a relief

A.D. 75–95
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Dokimeion (modern Afyon) in west-central Asia Minor
DimensionsHeight: 30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Ariel and John Herrmann
Accession number1983.681
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1967, Spink and Son Ltd., London [see note 1]. December 6, 1971, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 89, sold to D. Katz, probably Daniel Katz Gallery, London [see note 2]. Probably Herbert Cahn (b. 1915 - d. 2002; founder of Münzen und Medaillen), Basel [see note 3]; March 14-15, 1975, anonymous sale (Auktion 51), Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, lot 278. By 1975, Ariel and John Herrmann; 1983, year-end gift of Ariel and John Herrmann to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 30, 1983)

NOTES: [1] Advertised in Apollo, April 1967, p. v. [2] Many thanks to Jörg Deterling for locating this record. [3] Curatorial notes state that the sculpture adorned "the office of a professor at Heidelberg University" in the early 1970s. Herbert Cahn held an honorary professorship at the University of Heidelberg from 1971 until 1986.