Statue
| Object Number: | 32-36-64 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| 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 |
| Height: | 21 cm |
| Width: | 13 cm |
| Depth: | 15.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, Jotham Johnson, 1932 |
| Other Number: | 235 - Field No SF |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Classical World: Rome ( Apr 1958 - 1975) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | 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. 165, no. 83 | 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. 86 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 38, fig. 20 | 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. 274, 231 | 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 |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 97 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1964. "M. Janus Brutus".. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 108, no. 2. pg. 120 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Edwards, George R. 1958. "Italy and Rome". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 22. no. 2. pg. 3-11 Actual Citation | 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: pp.198-199, no. 48, fig. 26-27 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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