ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Portrait Head of Alexander III, the Great

AAT Object Form/FunctionBusts (sculptures)

CultureRoman, after Greek prototype

PeriodImperial

Date2nd-3rd Century CE

MediumBronze, copper, silver

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions2 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (5.7 x 4.1 cm)

Object number1984.006

Exhibition HistoryAn Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 28, 2013 - March 14, 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 68.
Cornelius Vermeule, "Faces of Empire (Julius Caesar to Justinian)," The Celator 21 (July 2007): 28.
Susan Jaques, A Love for the Beautiful: Discovering America's Hidden Art Museums (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2012), 42.

ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.

Status

On view

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