The beard is thought to have been added later in the 3rd century ad when facial hair was in vogue.
Veristic marble head.
33 3 cm high please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
This fragmentary portrait depicts the head of an older man.
The portraiture of vespasian is a good example of a veristic style portraiture that conveyed a political message fig.
Property from a swedish private collection a roman marble head of a man circa 3rd century a d.
Thence by descent to current owner.
A skillfully carved marble head of a bearded male perhaps a deity such as zeus but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new international culture of the hellenistic era lead to a wide range of subject matter see more on this below.
Carl erik schlyter 1899 1970 sweden acquired prior to 1970.
Verism first appeared as the artistic preference of the roman people during the late roman republic 147 30 bc and was often used for republican portraits or for the head of pseudo athlete sculptures.
It is a 6 feet 8 inch tall marble statue depicting augustus caesar the first emperor of the roman empire fig.
Verism often described as warts and all shows the imperfections of the subject such as warts wrinkles and furrows.
Gallery 160 marble portrait of the emperor augustus.
3rd to 1st century ce.
It is a marble head of vespasian the roman emperor who ruled from 69 c e to 78 c e who was also the founder of the flavian dynasty.
It was produced in the veristic style which refers to the naturalistic warts and all renditions that became popular in rome during the 5th century bc.
The portraiture of vespasian is a good example of a veristic style portraiture that conveyed a political message fig.
Marble head of a hellenistic ruler artist.
In 1963 the staten island museum sim received a roman marble portrait head henceforth referred to as a head of a man as a gift from the ingram merrill foundation and the piero tozzi gallery in new york city.
3rd to 1st century ce.
It is a marble head of vespasian the roman emperor who ruled from 69 c e to 78 c e who was also the founder of the flavian dynasty.
03 12 8b on view in.
Greece hellenistic period ca.
It was carved from white fine grained marble.
A skillfully carved marble head of a bearded male perhaps a deity such as zeus but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new international culture of the hellenistic era lead to a wide range of subject matter see more on this below.