About this artwork
This portrait depicts Antinous (about 111–130), the young lover of Emperor Hadrian (reigned 117–38). His characteristic facial features include an oval face, smooth complexion, almond-shaped eyes, and full lips, as well as his distinctive hairstyle of thick, wavy locks radiating from the crown of his head. This sculpture is a fragment from a larger whole, and for many years it was unclear what form the original, intact work had taken. Recent scholarship indicates that it once belonged to an over-life-size bust of Antinous currently in the Palazzo Altemps in Rome.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 152
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Department
- Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium
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Culture
- Ancient Roman
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Title
- Fragment of a Portrait Head of Antinous
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Place
- Italy (Object made in)
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Date
- 130 CE–138 CE
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Medium
- Marble
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Dimensions
- 31.7 × 31 × 17 cm (12 1/2 × 12 × 6 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson
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Reference Number
- 1924.979
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/13852/manifest.json
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