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Recarved Portrait of Augustus
Roman
Title
Recarved Portrait of Augustus
Artist
Unknown Artist (Roman)
Date
1st century CE
Medium
marble
Dimensions
height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1955.271
On View
On view
Provenance
Eugene Leopold Garbaty (1886–1966), Norwalk, Connecticut, by October 7, 1955;
His sale to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1955.
His sale to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1955.
Exhibition History
Gregory Bucher, Creighton University, The Good, the Bad, and the Altered: Toward a method of identifying recut and typologically irregular Roman Imperial Portraits, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, April 2009.
Published References
Gregory S. Bucher and Meghan C. Freeman, “The ‘Joslyn Augustus’ and the ‘Good, Bad, and Altered’ Symposium,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 55 (2010): 1–14, (repro.).
Eric R. Varner, “Reconfiguring Roman Portraits: Theories and Practices,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 55 (2010): 52–56.
Eric R. Varner, “Reconfiguring Roman Portraits: Theories and Practices,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 55 (2010): 52–56.
