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Museum August Kestner Ancient Cultures [4523]
Porträt eines Mannes (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Museum August Kestner / Christian Tepper (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Portrait of a man

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Description

In the so-called year of the four emperors, 69 AD, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian wrestled over the claim to the imperial dignity in the Roman Empire. On 20 December Vitellius was deposed from office, killed and his body thrown into the Tiber. With the nomination of Vespasian as emperor, the dynasty of the Flavians was founded after the reign of the Iulian-Claudian dynasty.
This portrait, which was made in Cyprus during Vespasian's reign, is stylistically reminiscent of the facial features of the first Flavian emperor. (AVS)

Possibly former collection August Kestner, Rome

Material/Technique

Limestone

Measurements

Height: 23 cm, width: 14.5 cm

Detailed description

Voluminös geformtes Gesicht mit breiter Nase und schmalen Lippen. Haare an der Stirn und Schläfen durch tief geritzte S-förmiges Linien angegeben. Die Gesichtspartien wirken unsymmetrisch. Daher könnte das Porträt Teil eines Hochreliefs gewesen sein.

Literature

  • Morstadt, Bärbel / Siebert, Anne Viola (2013): Von Aphrodites Insel. Zyprische Altertümer im Museum August Kestner. Hannover, 163 Nr. 140
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