Head of a Man

Description This portrait head might have at one point in time been treasured as evoking the emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161-180) as a young man. Scholars are not now certain that this head represents Marcus Aurelius, but it is modeled in subtle, naturalistic detail in the "antique manner."

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	Examined for condition; X-ray fluorescence
3/02/1978	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Antiquity in the Renaissance. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. 1978.
• The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1916 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1916