Male Portrait Head

Description Roman portraits of private individuals often imitated the hairstyle and other details of contemporary imperial portraits. This impressive example is modeled after likenesses of Emperor Gallienus (253-268 CE).

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/23/1961	Treatment	cleaned
7/06/1970	Treatment	cleaned
1/01/1992	Technical Report	other
2/04/1999	Treatment	cleaned; loss compensation

Provenance Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924