Portrait Head
1st century
Roman Empire
12 5/16 x 6 11/16 x 8 1/16 in. (31.3 x 17 x 20.5 cm)
Roman artist
Italy
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Marble
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1949.74
Location: Currently on view
Provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York (dealer); his sale, part III, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, June 8-9, 1949, lot 461; purchased at that sale by the Gallery
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Bibliography
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Article Title: Notable Additions to the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance Collections.
Article Scope: Article.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 15,
Issue Number: 1.
Issue Date: October, 1949.
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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Article Author: Suhr, Elmer G..
Article Title: A portrait of Claudius.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
American Journal of Archaeology.
Volume Number: 59,
Issue Number: 4.
Issue Date: October, 1955.
Page Number: 319-322,
Figure Number: plate 94, figs. 1, 2
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Article Scope: Entry.
Classical and Medieval Stone Sculptures including Pieces Suitable for Garden and Patio, Furniture and Works of Art, Part III of the Joseph Brummer Collection.
New York, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 6/8/1949-6/9/1949.
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Article Author: Vermeule, Cornelius C..
Article Title: Greek and Roman Portraits in North American Collections Open to the Public.
Article Scope: Article.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
American Philosophical Society
Issue Date: 1964.
Page Number: 112
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