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Head of Augustus, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek 746. (Photo courtesy of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek)
Head of Augustus
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 250
- Date
- 1st half of 1st C. AD, Roman
- Museum
- Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, 746
- Museum Inventory No.
- 746
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek 746
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Portrait, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- Bought on London market, 1873, as coming from Sardis.
- Description
The idealized head of Augustus is turned slightly to his I. The sharp lines for eyebrows are prominent; the large eyes have no markings for pupil or iris. The nose is sharp and pointed, the mouth small. The face is attractive, but remarkably lacking in character. The hair is arranged in the typical manner with flat locks at sides and back, deeper ones in front.
Poulsen places this later than the Prima Porta Augustus (p. 65).
- Condition
White marble.
Minor chipping on ears and l. eye and eyebrow.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.31.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: V. H. Poulsen, Portraits, 64f., no. 33, pl. 50-51, with bibliography there cited.
- Author
- NHR