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Male Portrait Head
(Roman Empire )
This male portrait head has incised irises and pupils and a restored nose. The restorations to the chin and nose have since been removed.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Spink, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1920, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P317]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/1/1943 | Treatment | other; loss compensation |
| 6/23/1961 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/20/1970 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/1/1992 | Technical Report | x-ray diffraction; other |
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.11