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Portrait head of a boy
Roman
Roman Imperial Period, probably Julio-Claudian
Findspot: Anatolia (Turkey), Troad, Assos (Behramkale), Necropolis
Medium/Technique
Crystalline marble from the northern Greek islands or from western Asia Minor
Dimensions
16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession Number84.35
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 343; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 115 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe features are much worn, and the marble is now colored light brown.
Despite the visible damages to all surfaces, this portrait was once clearly presented as a sculpture of good quality. The boy, doubtless part of a funerary statue, is most likely to be dated in the Julio-Claudian period.
This boy seems to be Julio-Claudian, perhaps with the later addition of carved-out pupils in the eyes, but he has been published as in a well-recognized class of portraits of important children of the period about A.D. 260.
Despite the visible damages to all surfaces, this portrait was once clearly presented as a sculpture of good quality. The boy, doubtless part of a funerary statue, is most likely to be dated in the Julio-Claudian period.
This boy seems to be Julio-Claudian, perhaps with the later addition of carved-out pupils in the eyes, but he has been published as in a well-recognized class of portraits of important children of the period about A.D. 260.
ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); necropolis. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 15, 1884.