It is a 6 feet 8 inch tall marble statue depicting augustus caesar the first emperor of the roman empire fig.
Veristic marble head.
03 12 8b on view in.
In 1963 the staten island museum sim received a roman marble portrait head henceforth referred to as a head of a man as a gift from the ingram merrill foundation and the piero tozzi gallery in new york city.
33 3 cm high please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
This fragmentary portrait depicts the head of an older man.
A skillfully carved marble head of a bearded male perhaps a deity such as zeus but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new international culture of the hellenistic era lead to a wide range of subject matter see more on this below.
It was carved from white fine grained marble.
3rd to 1st century ce.
Greece hellenistic period ca.
3rd to 1st century ce.
Verism first appeared as the artistic preference of the roman people during the late roman republic 147 30 bc and was often used for republican portraits or for the head of pseudo athlete sculptures.
The primaporta augustus departs from the veristic style and falls back on the hellenistic style of idealizing and perfecting tendencies.
Thence by descent to current owner.
Carl erik schlyter 1899 1970 sweden acquired prior to 1970.
The beard is thought to have been added later in the 3rd century ad when facial hair was in vogue.
Marble head of a hellenistic ruler artist.
The portraiture of vespasian is a good example of a veristic style portraiture that conveyed a political message fig.
It was produced in the veristic style which refers to the naturalistic warts and all renditions that became popular in rome during the 5th century bc.
Gallery 160 marble portrait of the emperor augustus.
Verism often described as warts and all shows the imperfections of the subject such as warts wrinkles and furrows.
A skillfully carved marble head of a bearded male perhaps a deity such as zeus but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new international culture of the hellenistic era lead to a wide range of subject matter see more on this below.
The marble head is executed in the veristic style of the 5th century bc.
Greece hellenistic period ca.
The portraiture of vespasian is a good example of a veristic style portraiture that conveyed a political message fig.