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.
probably A.D. 50–75
about 1st century B.C.
about 70–60 B.C.
150–100 B.C.
about A.D. 190
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
about 560–550 B.C.
about 480 B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
about 470–450 B.C.