Object Title
Portrait of an older man from a sarcophagus
Measurements
27 x 19 x 8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.) Width at chin: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Creation Date
early 4th century A.D.
Credit Line
Gift of John J. Herrmann, Jr., B.A. 1959, and Annewies van den Hoek
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/177587
Provenance Information
Frieda Nussberger-Tchacos, Switzerland; John J. Herrmann, acquired by purchase from the above, by or not many years before 1975; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by gift from the above, 2012.
Exhibition Information
Romans and Barbarians, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 12/16/1976–02/27/1977
Publication Information
Cornelius Vermeule, ed., Romans and Barbarians, exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976), 109, no. 116A, ill.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Exhibited in the "Romans and Barbarians" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1976; owner acquired it in the early 1970s