Portrait of an elderly man dressed in late antique toga, Athens Archaeological Museum (inv. no. 423)

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Title:	Portrait of an elderly man dressed in late antique toga, Athens Archaeological Museum (inv. no. 423)
Start date:	300
End date:	499
Historical Period:	Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description:	High-quality bust of an elderly man dressed in late antique toga; a full beard and thick moustache; a central patch of plainer flat hair brushed forward indicates a balding head; eyebrows slightly raised and bulbous eyes opened wide with intense stare; a member of the native Athenian elite families of landowners, a local magistrate, a professor of rhetoric, but also a praetorian prefect or proconsul. Chronological details: late 4th-5th c. AD
Size:	H. 0.565 m
Place:	Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	marble (rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	OUC Georgios Deligiannakis Archive
Physical type:	busts (general, figures)
Material and technique:	carving (processes)
Data provider:	Open University of Cyprus
License:	All rights reserved
Rights holder:	Athens Archaeological Museum
Appears in Collections:	BYZART