So-called Greek Youth
Roman portrait head of an unknown young man.
With its smooth skin, neat hairstyle and look of serene dignity, this Roman portrait of an athletic young man may show the influence of fifth century BCE Greek sculptors. Whilst those artists portrayed idealised types, this head has too many individual characteristics — the eyes, shape of head, brows — to represent a young male athletic ideal
Material:
Marble
Location of Original:
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 2485
Size:
0.30m
References:
Poulsen: Katalog over Antike Skulpturen Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 330, supplement I
Johansen, F: Catalogue of Roman Portraits in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (1994), vol.III, 156, no.67
Date:
Mid to late third century CE
Provenance:
From Athens ?
Number:
540