Cast Gallery catalogue number: C157

Portrait head of a Greek.

• Plaster cast: Height: unavailable.
• Copy of a marble portrait head.
• The head:
  • was once thought to be a portrait of Aeschylus.
  • is a version of an original of the 4th century BC.
  • was formerly in the Giustiniani Collection.
  • is now in Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, inv. 596.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

C 157
Bearded Portrait of a Greek; Capitoline

Marble
Head
Italy, Rome, Museo Capitolino, 82