Statue
| Object Number: | 32-36-66 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Italy Latium Minturnae |
| Locus: | SW corner Temple of Julius Caesar |
| Period: | Julio-Claudian Period |
| Date Made: | 4 CE-23 CE |
| Early Date: | 4 |
| Late Date: | 23 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Iconography: | Male Head |
| Height: | 41.5 cm |
| Width: | 21 cm |
| Depth: | 23.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, Jotham Johnson, 1932 |
| Other Number: | 102 - Field No SF |
Description
Male portrait head. White marble. Broken off below base of neck where breast flares outwar at clavicle. Crown in four pieces, break at top of neck-- repaired. Chips and root marks. Over life-sized. Gazes to the right, but neck bends left. Beardless youthful face under extra-wide crown. Caplike hair chisled into soft swirls which overlap and intertwine in the back. Face smooth but not polished. Eyes plain and gently pointed ovals recessed into the skull, than lids softly arrised. Lower lids blend into cheeks; tear ducts indicated bu short drill channel. Remaining portion of nose indicates aquilinity. Lips thin on small mouth. High cheek bones and wide jaws end in narrow but strong chin. Mature Julio-Claudian style.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Classical World: Rome ( Apr 1958 - 1975) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] 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.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 170, no. 85 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 58, no. 87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1981. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in public collections in the U.S and Canada.. Malibu. J. Paul Getty Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 287, fig. 244 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 64 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Matthews, Kenneth D. 1960. "Portraits of a Hero". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 1. no. 4. pg. 36-37 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 36-37 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Adriani, A. 1938. "Minturno-Catalogo delle sculture trovate negli anni 1931-33". Notizie degli Scavi di Antichita. Rome. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Vol. 6. no. 14. pg. 190-211 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 208, no. 55, pl. XV (1-2) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Johnson, Jotham. "The road to empire".. Scientific American. Vol. 154 (June). pg. 302-3 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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