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Portrait bust of Nerva

Lost Art-ID
612485
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Flavian)
Title
Portrait bust of Nerva
Dating
96 n. Chr. (nach)
Object type
Sculpture
Group of reported objects
Sculpture
Material / Technique
Marble
Measures
H des Kopfes vom Kinn bis zum Scheitel: 21cm; B des Kopfes: 18cm
Height
49.50 cm
Width
30.00 cm
Inventory number
99.083
(S 444)
Description
Round sculptured portrait bust of the Emperor Nerva; life-size; beardless; short, neck-length hair; crescent curls; head turned to the left, cloak on the left shoulder; No additions; nose, parts of the left ear and parts of the cloak lost; reworking of a bust of Domitian (?)
Provenance
Origin unknown; lost during the war in 1943.
Literature / Source
Arachne-ID: 1094542; H. Götze, MdI 1 (1948) 139-156, Taf. 47, 48.2, 49.2, 50.2, 54.1; M. Bergmann - P. Zanker, JdI 96 (1981) 389 ff. (Nr. 31), Abb. 52; RE Suppl. X (1965) 1109; M. Besnin, MonPiot 6 (1899) 156f., Abb. 4; M. Wegner, Die Flavier II,1 (1966) 110; K. Fittschen, ScAnt 6-7 (1992-1993) 470 Anm. 75
Published since
Contact
Dr. Jörn Lang
Antikenmuseum, Kustos
E-Mail
joern.lang@uni-leipzig.de
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