Head of a Young Man
1st-2nd century
- Medium
- Gray marble
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 35.6 × 22.9 × 20.3 cm (14 × 9 × 8 in.)
- Culture
- Ancient Italy
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Anonymous loan
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Life-size stone sculptures depicting people of African descent are rare in Roman art. This head of a young man was once attached to a separately carved body or bust, as indicated by the angled form at the base of the neck. The subject’s dress and pose would have given viewers crucial clues to his identity.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
