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Marble portrait head of Antinoos

ca. 130–138 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162
This head is almost certainly from a monumental statue of Antinoos. Characteristically, the head is turned slightly to the left and gazes downward, the tousled hair hanging long in the back. Worship of the deified Antinoos, the favorite of the Roman emperor Hadrian, flourished in the East, especially in his homeland, Bithynia. The cult spread through the initiatives of private associations and the benefactions of the upper classes, which sought to gain favor with the emperor. It may also have achieved widespread popularity because Antinoos was a man of the people who did not have official or imperial status yet became a god.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble portrait head of Antinoos
  • Period: Late Hadrianic
  • Date: ca. 130–138 CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: Height: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jonathan Kagan, 2010
  • Object Number: 2010.453
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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