Cast Gallery catalogue number: H019

Head of child (barbarian prince?).

• Plaster cast: Height: 23 cm.
• Copy of a marble portrait head.
• The head:
  • was made in the 1st century AD.
  • was said to have been found in Italy at Avezzano, near Lake Fucino.
  • was acquired by Copenhagen in 1900 from Rome.
  • is now in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glymptotek, inv. 1783.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

H 019
Julio-Claudian Portrait of a Long-Haired Child. Copenhagen

Marble
Head
H 23 cm
Denmark, Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, IN 1783
Claudian

Bibliography:
V. Poulsen, Les Portraits Romains I. République et dynastie Julienne (Copenhagen 1973) 140-141 no.126 pl.149 considers the head to be a modern forgery
F. Johansen, Catalogue of Roman Portraits I; Ny Carlysberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen 1994) 294-295 no.130 believes the head is ancient