Greek or hellenizing sculptor active in Rome, Ist Century A.D.

Over-life size head of a Roman emperor, possibly Tiberius

marble, height 36.5 cm
 

The oversize head was part of a monumental group.

Literature

H.Freifrau von Heintze, Ein unbekanntes Augustubildnis: Gedanken zum postumen Kaiserporträt, in In Memoriam Otto J. Brendel. Essays in Archeology and the Humanities, Mainz -am- Rein,1976, pp. 143-154, published as Portrait of Augustus.