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MS4028

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Montecelio

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number	MS4028
Current Location	Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture	Roman
Provenience	Italy \| Latium \| Montecelio
Period	Imperial Roman Period
Date Made	1-99 CE
Section	Mediterranean
Materials	Marble (Stone)
Technique	Carved
Iconography	Menander
Description	Portrait of Menander. Grayish white marble, broken off at base of neck. Life size. Frontal pose. Features, including nose, intact except for missing edge of proper right ear. Clean shaven. Short loosely curly hair parted on proper left. Close-set, deeply sunk eyes. Roman copy of Greek original of early 3rd c. BC. Porbably originally inserted in a bust or statue.
Height	34.5 cm
Credit Line	Museum Purchase; subscription Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1901
Other Number	0508 - Cast Number

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