Rome, Templum Gentis Flaviae / relief fragment (head of Vespasian) / Marble / Plaster or mortar
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.2430
- Object Name
- relief fragment (head of Vespasian)
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Reliefs
- Length
- 10.0;
- Width
- 17.0;
- Height
- 21.0;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;2910g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Pentelic marble head of the defied Vespasian. Wreathed head. Crow’s feet radiate from outer corners of the eyes. Cheeks are scored by wide modeled furrows. Clusters of curls on either side of high bald brow. Lips faintly smiling. Tight snail-shell curls have drilled centers. Wreath also drilled. Probably part of a relief portrait. Back broken off along clean plane. Face preserved from temple to jaw on right side and mid-ear to jaw on left. Left side shows greater weathering than right. Nose obliterated, but oak leaves discernible at sides. Numerous scratches and chips. Bits of red pozzolana mortar adhere to back of head and some mineral veins on the face.
- Subjects
- Vespasian
- Verbatim Date
- 69-79 AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Italy?
- Verbatim Site
- Rome, Templum Gentis Flaviae
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Roman Portraiture; Ancient & Modern Revivals
- Images of Empire; Flavian Fragments in Rome and Ann Arbor Rejoined
- Rovine e Rinascite dell'Arte in Italia
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Other
- Publication Title
- Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
- Roman Portraiture: Ancient & Modern Revivals
- Publication Author
- Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
- Gazda, Elaine K.
- Publication Year
- 2015
- 1977
- Class Title
- Augustus and the Early Roman Empire
- Frankel Institute Fellows Object Discussion
- Class Instructor
- van Dam, Ray
- Neis, Rafe
- Class Department
- History
- Class Number
- 403
- N/A
- Class Year
- 2014
- 2017
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.2430
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2430/dscn9721.jpg
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"Rome, Templum Gentis Flaviae; relief fragment (head of Vespasian); Marble; Plaster or mortar". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2430/dscn9721.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 02, 2023.