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Portrait of a Man

27 BC-AD 14

Italy, Roman, Augustan period

Bronze

Overall: 38.1 x 21.6 cm (15 x 8 1/2 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1928.860

Location

103 Roman

Description

A fine example of the realistic portraiture of the Late Republican Period. In scattered areas the surface has been cleaned down to the metal base.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 39 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 24 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 24 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 28 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 12 archive.org

Exhibition history

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 24-November 16, 1975).

The Fire of Hephaistos: Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections. HUAM, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA (April 20-August 11, 1996); The Toledo Museum of Art (October 13, 1996-January 5, 1997); Tampa Museum of Art (February 2-April 13, 1997).

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Italy, Roman, Augustan period

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