Republican Portrait of a Man in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Portrait of a Man


Creator: Roman (Artist)

Period: ca. 40 BC (late Republican)

Medium: Pentelic marble (Sculpture)

Accession Number: 23.209

Measurements: 12 1/16 x 7 1/8 x 9 in. (30.6 x 18.1 x 22.9 cm)

Geographies: Italy (Place of Origin), Mount Pentelikon (Source of Materials)

During the Republic, men in power wanted their portraits to express the qualities they associated with leadership: experience, determination, practicality, and valor. Such an image tended to have a realistic appearance, with a direct gaze and heavily lined face.

Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/26063/portrait-of-a-man/