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Portrait of the Emperor Caracalla

Portrait of the Emperor Caracalla





Artist : Anonymous


Date : approx. between 217 and 230

Material : Marble
Acquisition : Samuel D. Lee Fund (1940)
Severan dynasty
Item 50 on 102
Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
Sculpture

Vitrine : V04

Area related
Empire romain

Description   

Caracalla abandoned the luxuriant hair and beard of his predecessors for a military style characterized by cropped curls and a stubble beard.
Portrait of the Emperor Caracalla
Anonyme
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Bassianus (Caracalla)