Male Portrait from the Esquiline in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012

Male Portrait

From the Esquiline, found in the area near the church of S. Vito in 1875.

Asiatic marble

Inventory # MC 849

This head, larger than life-size, portrays a middle-aged man with voluminous hair and a full beard. To be dated between the late 2nd and early 3rd century AD.

Text from the Capitoline Museum label.