Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Portrait of a benefactor
Portrait of a benefactor

Portrait of a benefactor

First half of the 6th century CE
(not assigned)Turkey
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from Göktepe near Aphrodisias Scientific Analysis: University of South Florida Lab No. 8472: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.9 / delta18O -2.7, Attribution - Göktepe 3-4, Turkey (near Aphrodisias). Justification - C and O isotopes, fine grain, from Aphrodisias
DimensionsHeight: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jerome M. Eisenberg and Richard Titelman
Accession number1971.18
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1904, excavated at the Baths of Hadrian, Aphrodisias, Caria, Turkey, by Paul Augustin Gaudin (b. 1858 – d. 1921) and subsequently shipped to Europe [see note 1]. 1970, Jerome M. Eisenberg (dealer), New York [see note 2]; 1971, gift of Jerome M. Eisenberg and Richard Titelman to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1971)

NOTES:
[1] Kenan T. Erim, “De Aphrodisiade,” American Journal of Archaeology 71, no. 3 (July, 1967), pp. 237-238, fig. 15. [2] Lent to the MFA May 8, 1970 and said to have been acquired in Paris.