Roman
Portrait Head of Antinous
INV-1385
Romanabout 130-138
Portrait Head of Antinous
Roman →imperial (roman)ancientroman (ancient, style or period)marblestone
Date
about 130-138
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
31.7 × 31 × 17 cm (12 1/2 × 12 × 6 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson
This portrait depicts Antinous (about 111–130), the young lover of Emperor Hadrian (reigned 117–38). His characteristic facial features include an oval face, smooth complexion, almond-shaped eyes, and full lips, as well as his distinctive hairstyle of thick, wavy locks radiating from the crown of his head. This sculpture is a fragment from a larger whole, and for many years it was unclear what form the original, intact work had taken. Recent scholarship indicates that it once belonged to an over-life-size bust of Antinous currently in the Palazzo Altemps in Rome.
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