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Portrait of the Emperor...
Portrait of the Emperor Caracalla
Artist :
Anonyme
Model :
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Bassianus (Caracalla)
Date : approx. between 217 and 230
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Samuel D. Lee Fund (1940)
Période des Sévères
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art from Southern Italy and Sicily
Left - Ground Floor
Item
50
on 102
Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
Sculpture (Tête)
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.
