Marciana (?)
about A.D. 100
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from Göktepe, Turkey (near Aphrodisias)
DimensionsHeight x length (of face): 26.5 x 15.5 cm (10 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number16.286
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceSaid to have been found in Subiaco, Italy. By 1915, with Hubert William Gallandt (b. 1899 – d. 1928), New York; 1916, sold by Gallandt to the MFA for $1000 [see note]. (Accession Date: July 20, 1916)
NOTE: The head was first offered to the MFA in 1915. H. W. Gallandt sold it on behalf of an anonymous owner, and reported that it was found at Subiaco.
NOTE: The head was first offered to the MFA in 1915. H. W. Gallandt sold it on behalf of an anonymous owner, and reported that it was found at Subiaco.
First half of the 6th century CE
about A.D. 150
about A.D. 98–117
About A.D. 125–145
about A.D. 140-150
about A.D. 180
A.D. 220–240
about A.D. 238, reworked from a portrait from the early 2nd century A.D.
Late 2nd century A.D.
2nd century AD
about A.D. 110–135