Glass portrait head
Solid block.
Carved in the round: male head with short wavy hair and fringe across forehead, arched brows, large eyes, and clean shaven face.
Broken, with large unweathered chip in proper right side of face and side of head, and weathered chips to nose, mouth, and chin; green copper weathering surface.
This small portrait head may represent a prince from the family of Constantine I.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass portrait head
- Period: Late Imperial, Constantinian
- Date: 1st half of 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast and carved
- Dimensions: Height: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.1474
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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