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Portrait of a man

A.D. 195–205
Place of ManufactureRome, Lazio, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble, Göktepe, Turkey (near Aphrodisias)
Dimensions39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number88.349
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1886: with Signor Besi (or Bessi) (said to have been found in June 1886, in the foundation of a house belonging to Signor Besi or Bessi at the corner of the Via Cavour and the Piazza dell' Esquilino, Rome); between 1886 and 1888, purchased by Jandolo from Signor Besi (or Bessi); by 1888: purchased by R. Lanciani from Jandolo; purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1888, for $491.89 (this is the total purchase price for MFA 88.346–530)
Portrait of a benefactor
First half of the 6th century CE
Portrait of a youth
about A.D. 150
Marciana (?)
about A.D. 100
Portrait of a young man
about A.D. 98–117
Portrait of a man
About A.D. 125–145
Bust of a woman
about A.D. 140-150
Portrait of a man
about A.D. 180
Head of a woman
A.D. 220–240
about A.D. 238, reworked from a portrait from the early 2nd century A.D.
Statuette of Hercules
2nd century AD