Roman male portrait from the time of Trajan.

Roman workshop
2nd century AD

This type of portrait, possibly funerary, due to the determined expression of the face, the folds of the forehead and the nasolabial area, recalls iconographic formulas from the end of the Republic. Although the loss of the hair structure makes stylistic dating difficult, for Markus Trunk, the structure of the head would indicate a later date of execution. According to Trunk, it belongs to a group of portraits made at the end of Trajan's Empire, beginning of Hadrian's, derived from the main type of the portraits of Vespasian. The bust and pedestal are from the modern period.

TECHNIQUE

Sculpting

MATERIA

Marble

DIMENSIONS

Height: 58.00cm; Width: 40.00cm; Depth: 24.00 cm

LOCATION

Pilate's House