Portrait of Hadrian
Culture: Roman
Date: A.D. 117-138
Medium: Marble
Dimensions:
h. 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm); w. 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm); d. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: DEAC.2005.1.81
Provenance: sold by Robin Symes, London, to Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990; sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 126 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by bequest to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005 [accession number 2005.1.81]; deaccessioned in January 2022 and transferred to the Manhattan District Attorney, New York, for restitution to Italy
Published References
Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, VI.2 (New York & Beverly Hills), May 1991, no. 19.
Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 126.
C. Evers, Les portraits d'Hadrien: Typologie et ateliers (Brussels, 1994), 137-38, 245, no. 73.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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