Male Portrait Head

Description This marble portrait head depicts a man with a very low beard and moustache. His pupils and irises are incised, his nose is restored, there is some red color in his hair, and the back of his neck is extended as if for attachment.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/23/1961	Treatment	cleaned
7/06/1970	Treatment	cleaned
1/01/1992	Technical Report	x-ray diffraction; other

Exhibitions

• An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York. 1967.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924