Marble portrait bust of a man
Bearded man looking to his left; a sword belt and military cloak worn over a bare chest.
Hadrian, the first emperor to wear a beard, introduced the style to fashionable Roman circles. The sword belt and military cloak, worn over a bare chest, are frequent attributes in Trajanic portraiture and suggest that this is a transitional likeness from the beginning of Hadrian's reign.
Hadrian, the first emperor to wear a beard, introduced the style to fashionable Roman circles. The sword belt and military cloak, worn over a bare chest, are frequent attributes in Trajanic portraiture and suggest that this is a transitional likeness from the beginning of Hadrian's reign.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble portrait bust of a man
- Period: Late Trajanic or Early Hadrianic
- Date: ca. 110–138 CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
- Object Number: 13.231.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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