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Marble portrait bust of a man

Marble portrait bust of a man. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm). Date: mid-1st century A.D.. This powerful portrait bust incorporates a large expanse of chest, a stylistic characteristic indicating that it was carved toward the middle of the first century A.D. Most surviving portraits worked in this hard realistic manner date to the first century B.C., but the style continued in fashion until the mid-first century A.D. and was revived intermittently thereafter.
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Title:
Marble portrait bust of a man
Caption:
Marble portrait bust of a man. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm). Date: mid-1st century A.D.. This powerful portrait bust incorporates a large expanse of chest, a stylistic characteristic indicating that it was carved toward the middle of the first century A.D. Most surviving portraits worked in this hard realistic manner date to the first century B.C., but the style continued in fashion until the mid-first century A.D. and was revived intermittently thereafter.
Technique/material:
Marble
Period:
Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Location:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3202 x 4268 px | 39.1 MB
Print size:
27.1 x 36.1 cm | 10.7 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)
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