Young Pompey Portrait in the Louvre, June 2014

“Young Pompey”
70 BC
Marble
H. 37 cm

This head is probably a Roman copy of an original created by a Greek master. Though it shows signs of having been rather hastily executed, it manages to convey a sense of the young man’s ambition.

Inventory # N° d'entrée MNE 823
(n° usuel Ma 999)

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