Portrait of a Philosopher
about A.D. 400
- Medium
- White marble
- Dimensions
- 53 × 45.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-218984
This man’s long hair and beard and his intent gaze mark him as a philosopher. A chiton covers his left shoulder and part of the upper chest. Although the portrait is based on a Greek original of about 300 B.C., details of the carving—notably the treatment of the eyes, with the pupils shown as concentric circles—suggest that this is a Roman copy of around A.D. 400.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- about A.D. 400 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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