A Marble Portrait Head of a Man, Julio-Claudian, circa 1st half of the 1st Century A.D.

turned to his right, with mature face, firmly set lips, fragmentary aquiline nose, furrowed brow, and short wavy hair, the back carved flat.

Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence
Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, Auktion IV, 1962, no. 57, illus.
Nils Ebbessøn Astrup (1901-1972), Oslo, acquired at the above sale on the advice of Prof. Hans Peter L'Orange (1903-1983), founder and then Director of the Norwegian Institute in Rome
by descent to the current owner

Siri Sande, Greek and Roman Portraits in Norwegian Collections (Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia, vol. 10), Rome, 1991, p. 62, no. 50, pl. XLIX
Gabriella Capecchi, The Historical Photographic Archive of Stefano Bardini: Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art, Florence, 1993, p. 39, no. 74 ("Present location unknown"), illus. p. 118
Arachne, no. 38157 (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/38157)

As shown. Note abraded eyebrows and missing nose formerly restored, probably in plaster, as shown in late 19th century catalogue. Chipped ear rims probably restored in plaster. The flat back is roughly worked and appears to be an ancient surface. There is a pick mark in the center of the back. Surface weathered with minor chips and abrasions overall.
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