Bust of Marcus Aurelius

Description

A second century AD, Parian marble Roman head of Marcus Aurelius. Dimension(s): height, 0.312, m width, 0.19, m, approx depth, 0.19, m, approx Acquisition: Given to the museum in 1850 by Dr John Disney Documentation: Michaelis, Adolf. 1882. Ancient marbles in Great Britain. no. 64 Budde, Ludwig. Nicholls, Richard V.. 1967. Catalogue of the Greek and Roman sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. no. 115, pl. 39 Albertson, F.C.. 1988. A Portrait of Marcus Aurelius from Syro Palestine. Source Title: Damaszener Mitteilungen 3 (1-September-) 9 no. 21 Object Number: GR.33.1850 (Antiquities) http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/65502