Head of Septimius Severus
A.D. 196–235
Medium/TechniqueMarble from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsOverall: 38.5 × 22.9 × 21.6 cm (15 3/16 × 9 × 8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number60.928
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to be from Ostia or the Portus; by 1958: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia; by 1960: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (auction 2, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, lot 64); bought in at the auction by Hesperia Art (Bulletin 4, no. 36); September 21, 1960: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 1,200.00
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.