Balbinus (?)
about A.D. 238, reworked from a portrait from the early 2nd century A.D.
Place of ManufactureRome, Lazio, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Göktepe, Turkey (near Aphrodisias)
Dimensions52 x 22 cm (20 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number88.347
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1888: with Eliseo Borghi (said to have been found in the new quarter of the Ludovisi villa, in the garden of Sallust, in Rome); purchased by R. Lanciani from Eliseo Borghi; 1888: purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani for $491.89 (this is the total purchase price for MFA 88.346–530)
First half of the 6th century CE
about A.D. 150
2nd century AD
about A.D. 110–135
about A.D. 100
about A.D. 98–117
About A.D. 125–145
about A.D. 140-150
about A.D. 180
A.D. 220–240
A.D. 218–222