Antinous (d.122 AD)
Roman, 2nd Century AD
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
100 AD - 199 AD
Materials
Parian marble with crystals
Measurements
540 x 325 x 250 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486364
Summary
Parian marble with crystals, Antinous (d.122 AD), Roman, 2nd Century AD A marble portrait head of Antinous, which probably belonged to a statue, facing forwards and with thick untidy hair.
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
58 (painted on front of base)
Makers and roles
Roman, 2nd Century AD , sculptor