Bust of a Man
Roman
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
200 AD - 299 AD
Materials
White, fine grained and highly polished Italian marble
Measurements
740 x 570 x 290 mm; 560 mm (Height); 250 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486332
Summary
White, fine grained and highly polished Italian marble, Bust of a Man, Roman, mid 3rd century AD marble portrait bust of a middle-aged man with a high forehead, and a thin worn face turned slightly to the left.
Provenance
?Collected by Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont, thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72), arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M. Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
26 (painted on front of socle)
Makers and roles
Roman, sculptor