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Balbinus (?)
Balbinus (?)

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 view
ClassificationsSculpture
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)
Portrait of an empress possibly Fausta
Portrait of an empress possibly Fausta
300–325
Portrait of a benefactor
Portrait of a benefactor
First half of the 6th century CE
Portrait of a youth
Portrait of a youth
about A.D. 150
Statuette of Hercules
Statuette of Hercules
2nd century AD
Head
Athlete with a scraper (Apoxyomenos)
about A.D. 110–135
Marciana (?)
Marciana (?)
about A.D. 100
Portrait of a young man
Portrait of a young man
about A.D. 98–117
Portrait of a man
Portrait of a man
About A.D. 125–145
Bust of a woman
Bust of a woman
about A.D. 140-150
Portrait of a man
Portrait of a man
about A.D. 180
Head of a woman
Head of a woman
A.D. 220–240
Bust of Elagabalus
Bust of Elagabalus
A.D. 218–222