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.
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.