Subject
Male portrait head very washed away, slightly turned to the right.
Accession number 22.M322-2.214
White marble with very bright red veins (Greek insular); sculptural technique.
Height cm 30; head (from the top to the chin) height cm 22; width max cm 19; neck diameter cm 15.
Poor condition: the surface is completely washed away. The back has been cut longways behind the ears and there is a quadrangular hole on the right top. The base of the neck has been cut.
First Julio- Claudian age.
Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica.
Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)
Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)
References
Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, catalogo della mostra curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Quingentole 2022, pp. 317-318.
