Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I
A marble head of a man with short, closely combed hair, large staring eyes with incised pupils, a broad straight nose, and firm, closed lips. The neck is cut off flat at the base. The polished surface shows warm honey tones and a calm, frontal, formal gaze typical of imperial portraiture.
Look closer: The hair is carved in small, individual strands, and the ears are finely shaped at the sides of the head.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 325–370 CE
- Medium
- Marble
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2882 × 3842 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 375).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923