ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Statue of a Togatus
AAT Object Form/Functionstatues
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date2nd Century CE
MediumMarble (Luna [Carrara])
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions64 3/16 x 24 1/2 x 16 in. (163 x 62.2 x 40.6 cm)
Object number1993.002
Label TextThis slightly over-life sized statue of a man wearing a toga would originally have had an individualized portrait head that was carved of one piece with the body. He stands with his weight on his left leg and his right bent at the knee and slightly extended. He holds a rotulus (scroll) in his extended left hand and reaches across his chest to grip the folds of his toga with his right; he also wears a signet ring on the third finger of his left hand. A rectangular scroll box rests against his left leg and provides a support for the statue. The back of the statue is only summarily carved, indicating that it was displayed in a niche.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 70.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Austria. Purchased by MCCM from Bruce McAlpine [McAlpine Ancient Art Ltd.], London, England.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century BCE
1479-1425 BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
1539-1077 BCE
664-525 BCE
722-332 BCE
late 12th-mid 13th Century
200-250 CE
1st-2nd Century CE