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Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 35.2 x 21.5 x 12 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.245
