Bronze portrait bust of a man ca. 50 – 54 Roman For the Romans, bronze was the material par excellence for honorific portraits of important individuals and was valued for its ability to produce the closest possible fidelity to nature. While the identity of this man is unknown today, the very high quality of this portrait, with its sensitively modeled features and expensive inlaid eyes of ivory, signifies his prominence in ancient Roman Bronze portrait bust of a man. Roman. ca. 50 – 54. Bronze. Late Republican or Early Imperial. Bronzes

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