Portrait of a Man
Culture: Roman
Date: 2nd-3rd century
Medium: Marble
Dimensions:
h. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm); w. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm); d. 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2005.1.80
Provenance: sold by M. Costis Lembessis, Paris, to Joseph Brummer (1883-1947), Paris, 1938; by inheritance to his brother, Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York, 1947; Joseph Brummer collection sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, June 8-9, 1949, lot 398; by inheritance to his wife, Ella Baché Brummer, New York, 1964; Ernest Brummer collection sale, Galerie Koller and Spink & Sons, October 16-19, 1979, lot 652; sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by bequest to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005
Label Text
This man’s thick rolled fillet may have been part of a priestly crown. Priests throughout the Roman Empire were selected from each city’s wealthy elite and were expected while in office to finance expensive religious festivals. An honorific portrait depicting its subject in priestly attire commemorated both his status and his generosity toward his city.
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