Archaeological Museum of Bologna

In the context of the most refined production of the Augustan age there is the current of "portraits of reconstruction", characterized by the influence of neoattic taste, with a strong neoclassical tendency.

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This carnelian-stone is really elegant and refined. Its color is yellow-ornage with some brown stripes, and a man's bust is represented, from the right side. The refinement in depicting the hair, the beard alludes to king Numa Pompilio's iconography, with a grave and thinking attitude.

Provenance: Universitary Collection
Datation: Second half of 1st century BC
Material: Carnelian-stone
Dimensions: mm 13,7 x 12,7 x 2
Inventory #: Gl 39