Marble portrait of a man from a funerary relief

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late 1st century BCE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

This head from a funerary relief probably represents a freedman, or former slave, who achieved prosperity after obtaining his freedom. Such reliefs showing busts of family members within a window-like frame were often set into the outer wall of a family's funerary building.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1917