Portrait of an intellectual: frontal view
Portrait of an intellectual: view from left
Portrait of an intellectual: view from right
Portrait of an intellectual: view from right
Portrait of an intellectual: right profile view
Portrait of an intellectual: three-quarter view from left
| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Title: | Portrait of an intellectual |
| Context: | From Athens |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, in a well at Agia Paraskevi (near an Early Christian Basilica), according to Comstock & Vermeule. |
| Summary: | Mature man with long beard |
| Object Function: | Honorary? |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Free-standing portrait statue |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Roman |
| Technique: | In-the-round |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 400 AD |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.463 m |
| Scale: | Over life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Roman Imperial |
Condition: Head only (nearly complete)
Condition Description: This head has sustained damages to the nose and right eye. The surface is in good condition except for some dark stains, cement adhesions, and a yellowish patina.
Material Description: "Pentelic" according to Vermeule and J.B. Ward-Perkins
Technique Description: The neck was worked for insertion into a draped statue.
Sources Used:
Other Bibliography: R.R.R. Smith, JRS 80 (1990) 144 no. 4, n. 70;