Marble portrait bust of a man

Unknown

ca. 110–138 CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 110–138 CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1913