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Date1st century B.C.E.-5th century C.E.
GeographyRome, Roma, Italy, Europe
MediumGreen marble (Cipollino)
Dimensionsoverall: 71 7/8 in. x 8 in. x 8 in. (182.6 cm x 20.3 cm x 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase through the Eliza Newkirk Rogers (Class of 1900) Fund
Object number1949.28.2
Status
On view
Provenanceca. 1917, Collection of Lord F. P. C. Hope, London; ca. 1941, Collection of William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), New York; Before 1949, Collection of Joseph Brummer (1883-1947), New York City, New York; April 20-23, 1949, sold at auction through Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, Joseph Brummer Collection Sale, Part 1, sale 1059, lot 159; purchased by the Davis Museum.
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
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possibly French
n.d.
Object number: 1949.31.2
Bust of a child
Roman
Late Imperial period, 200-300 C.E.
Object number: 1924.22
Male nude in the manner of Polykleitos
Roman
Late Republican or Early Imperial Roman, ca. 100 B.C.E.-100 C.E.
Object number: 1904.1
Procession of Divinities
Roman
1st century C.E.
Object number: 1907.66
Relief: Intellectual and muse
Roman
Late Imperial, early 4th century
Object number: 1949.17
Composite capital
Roman
2nd-3rd century C.E.
Object number: 1949.27
Corinthian Capital
Roman
ca. 350-470 C.E.
Object number: 1949.28.1
Head of a man
Roman
2nd-3rd century C.E.
Object number: 1953.8
Reduced replica of the Aphrodite of Knidos
Romanafter Praxiteles
Late Republican or Early Imperial, 100 B.C.E.-100 C.E.
Object number: 1981.18
Head of a youth
Roman
2nd half of the 2nd century C.E.
Object number: 1964.19
Season (Summer) Reclining with Putto
Roman
2nd-3rd century C.E.
Object number: 1970.12
Head of Septimius Severus
Roman
Imperial Period, 193-211 C.E.
Object number: 2010.54