Statue
Object Number:
32-36-64
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Italy
Latium
Minturnae
Locus:
SW corner Temple of Julius Caesar
Period:
Republican Roman Period
Date Made:
-45
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Marble (Stone)
Iconography:
Male Head
Description:
Male portrait. White marble with black flecks. Broken off at base of neck, end of nose is broken, right cheek and chin are chipped. Four small borings in crown, small iron support under neck. Two drill holes in upper part of back of head. Beardless mature stern face. Hair is slightly raised mat over crown. Treatment is subtle. Two vertical creases above nose. Eyes deeply set under brows, channeled at tear duct; uper lid overlies lower lid at outer edge. Fine linework adds wrinkles in flesh. Ears placed a little high; nose aquiline with curving creases to corner of mouth, where small drill hole is. Vertical crease under each prominent cheekbone. Dating ca. time of Julius Ceaser's death, but not portrait of him.
Height:
21cm
Width:
13cm
Depth:
15.6cm
Credit Line:
Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, 1931
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000)
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 165:83
[Catalogue] White, Donald and Ann Blair Brownlee, Irene Bald Romano, Jean MacIntosh Turfa. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 58
[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 38
[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1981. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in public collections in the U.S and Canada. : Page/Fig./Plate: 274/231
[Catalogue] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: p.64
[Catalogue] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 64-67
[Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. "Men in search of Man".
[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1964. "M. Janus Brutus". vol. 108, no. 2. p. 120.
[Book] Edwards, G. R. 1958. "Itay and Rome". Vol. 22 No. 2 (June). p. 5-11.
[Article] Adriani, A. 1938. Minturno-Catalogo delle sculture trovate negli anni 1931-33. Notizie Degli Scavi di Antichita. 6 (14): 190-211. : Page/Fig./Plate: 198-199 no.48 figs.26-27
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