Head of Augustus
about 37-54 or 117-130 A.D.
Medium/TechniqueMarble from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsOverall: 43.3 × 26.7 × 24.1 cm (17 1/16 × 10 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
Mounted: 55.2 cm (21 3/4 in.)
Mounted: 55.2 cm (21 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.344
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBetween 1787 and 1796, excavated at Ariccia, near Rome, by Cardinal Antonio Despuig y Demeto (b. 1745 – d. 1813), Archbishop of Seville; passed by descent through the Despuig family and kept at Raxa, Mallorca; 1899, sold by the Despuig family, through Lorenzo Rosselló y Rosselli (b. 1867 – d. 1901), Mallorca [see note 1], to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 – d. 1928), London; 1899, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $32,500 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: December 24, 1899)
NOTES:
[1] Lorenzo Rosselló was put in charge of selling parts of the Despuig collection between 1897 and 1900. See Catalina Cantarellas Camps, “Lorenzo Rosselló (Mallorca, 1867 – 1901),” Liño 20 (2014): pp. 12-13. [2] Total price for MFA accession nos. 99.338-99.542.
NOTES:
[1] Lorenzo Rosselló was put in charge of selling parts of the Despuig collection between 1897 and 1900. See Catalina Cantarellas Camps, “Lorenzo Rosselló (Mallorca, 1867 – 1901),” Liño 20 (2014): pp. 12-13. [2] Total price for MFA accession nos. 99.338-99.542.
530–515 B.C.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
about 70–60 B.C.
150–100 B.C.
about 560–550 B.C.
about 480 B.C.
about 470–450 B.C.
About 410-370 B.C.
probably 4th century B.C.
late 5th century B.C.
about 340 B.C.
4th century B.C.