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ROMAN MARBLE LIFE-SIZE PORTRAIT BUST OF A PATRICIAN YOUTH

With fine features, a pronounced forehead and parted hairdo based on the fashion popularized by emperors of the Julio-Claudian period. An exceptionjal portrait said to have been found in the waters off Spain.

Acquired in London, October 1990.

Ca. 35-40 AD

H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2000, no. 15
Art of the Ancient World, 1991, no. 17

RLG08
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