Marble portrait head of a bearded Roman man with curled hair, shown against a dark background.

Marble portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius

A white marble head of a bearded man with deeply carved, curling hair and a full, combed beard, cut off at the base of the neck. The face looks straight ahead with heavy-lidded eyes and a calm, set mouth, lit against a dark background.

Look closer: Fine drill-cut channels separate the locks of hair above the brow.

Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 138–161 CE
Medium: Marble
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 2911 × 3880 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 199).
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, Fletcher Fund, 1933

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