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Roman Portraiture.
suggest Valentinian I, who reigned 364-375; its closest re-
lation is a colossal head at Florence, which more likely
represents this emperor than the emperor Valens as sugges-
ted by Delbriick. Valentinianus was a cruel and passionate
ruler (Ammianus Marcellinus XXVII 7, 4).
Billedtavler pl. LXVI. Hekler: Bildniskunst 305 b. Dehn, Rom. Mitt. 26,
1911, p. 242 seqq. fig. 2. H. Koch in Ant. Denkm. Ill text of pls. 20-21 p. 27.
R. Delbriick: Spatantike Kaiserportrats p. 28, 178 seq., 184 seq. and pl. 78. (The
head at Florence ibid. pls. 82-84, and A. B. 84-85. Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 3
pp. 219, 252 and pl. LI). Pericle Ducati: L’Arte in Roma p. 362 and pl. 249, 1.
Η. P. 1’Orange: Apotheosis in Ancient Portraiture p. 118 and fig. 89.
771 a. (I. N. 2572). Head of the time of the emperor Diocletian.
Italic marble.
H. 0.27. The nose, mouth, chin and both ears damaged. On the
crown an iron ring in an eye; at the nape of the neck another iron
eye; after having been broken off a statue the head has evidently
served as a counterweight on a well beam like a head in a private
collection at Nevers, France (Esperandieu: Recueil III p. 223 No. 2191).
Acquired 1911 at Rome.
The treatment of hair and beard and the modelling of the
eyes suggest the end of the 3rd century A. D. Nearest to it,
although with a higher forehead, comes a bearded male head
on one of the medallion reliefs on the Arch of Constantine
at Rome (Rev. Arch. 1910, XV, pl. XI No. 15. Cf. p. 124 seq.
and 130). The. type is the one we first find created on coin
portraits of the emperor Diocletian (reigned 284-305), but
one that is also frequently used for his co-regents and
successors up to the time of Constantine the Great’s victory
(see Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 3 plate of coins VII-VIII). The
Glyptotek’s head is thus presumably a private portrait.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler XII. Fr. Poulsen, Rom. Mitt. XXIX 1914 p. 62
seqq. 1’Orange: Spatant. Portr. p. 27 No. 5, p. 113 No. 18 and figs. 51-52.
On Diocletian portraits see Fuhrmann, Arch. Anz. 56, 1941, p. 733.
771 b. (I. N. 2691). Head of Diocletian (?). M.
II. 0.28. The occiput, part of the vertex, most of the ears and the
nose and the lower lip broken off. The entire surface bruised and
scratched, but not overworked. The head acquired in 1924 at Rome.
An elderly stout man with an unsophisticated and lively
expression. The confusion of lines on the forehead and the
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suggest Valentinian I, who reigned 364-375; its closest re-
lation is a colossal head at Florence, which more likely
represents this emperor than the emperor Valens as sugges-
ted by Delbriick. Valentinianus was a cruel and passionate
ruler (Ammianus Marcellinus XXVII 7, 4).
Billedtavler pl. LXVI. Hekler: Bildniskunst 305 b. Dehn, Rom. Mitt. 26,
1911, p. 242 seqq. fig. 2. H. Koch in Ant. Denkm. Ill text of pls. 20-21 p. 27.
R. Delbriick: Spatantike Kaiserportrats p. 28, 178 seq., 184 seq. and pl. 78. (The
head at Florence ibid. pls. 82-84, and A. B. 84-85. Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 3
pp. 219, 252 and pl. LI). Pericle Ducati: L’Arte in Roma p. 362 and pl. 249, 1.
Η. P. 1’Orange: Apotheosis in Ancient Portraiture p. 118 and fig. 89.
771 a. (I. N. 2572). Head of the time of the emperor Diocletian.
Italic marble.
H. 0.27. The nose, mouth, chin and both ears damaged. On the
crown an iron ring in an eye; at the nape of the neck another iron
eye; after having been broken off a statue the head has evidently
served as a counterweight on a well beam like a head in a private
collection at Nevers, France (Esperandieu: Recueil III p. 223 No. 2191).
Acquired 1911 at Rome.
The treatment of hair and beard and the modelling of the
eyes suggest the end of the 3rd century A. D. Nearest to it,
although with a higher forehead, comes a bearded male head
on one of the medallion reliefs on the Arch of Constantine
at Rome (Rev. Arch. 1910, XV, pl. XI No. 15. Cf. p. 124 seq.
and 130). The. type is the one we first find created on coin
portraits of the emperor Diocletian (reigned 284-305), but
one that is also frequently used for his co-regents and
successors up to the time of Constantine the Great’s victory
(see Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 3 plate of coins VII-VIII). The
Glyptotek’s head is thus presumably a private portrait.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler XII. Fr. Poulsen, Rom. Mitt. XXIX 1914 p. 62
seqq. 1’Orange: Spatant. Portr. p. 27 No. 5, p. 113 No. 18 and figs. 51-52.
On Diocletian portraits see Fuhrmann, Arch. Anz. 56, 1941, p. 733.
771 b. (I. N. 2691). Head of Diocletian (?). M.
II. 0.28. The occiput, part of the vertex, most of the ears and the
nose and the lower lip broken off. The entire surface bruised and
scratched, but not overworked. The head acquired in 1924 at Rome.
An elderly stout man with an unsophisticated and lively
expression. The confusion of lines on the forehead and the
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