Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man
280–290
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 33.4 x 21 x 11.5 cm (13 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian
About
These three pairs of marble portrait busts depict an aristocratic Roman couple. They are unique in representing the same couple three times with only minor variations in costume. Allegedly found together with the Jonah Marbles, they may represent the Christian patrons who commissioned the Jonah cycle.