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Fragment of Commemorative Relief: Head of Young Nero (?)
Fragment of Commemorative Relief: Head of Young Nero (?)

Fragment of Commemorative Relief: Head of Young Nero (?)

about A.D. 42
Medium/TechniqueStone, Greek Island marble (Naxos)
Dimensions16 x 15 cm (6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Townsend and Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession number1994.353
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceProbably originally from Rome; by 1980: Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule Collection (loaned to MFA as 214.1980); year-end gift of Emily Townsend and Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule, December 1994
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Conservation Status: After Treatment
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