Marble portrait bust of an elderly man

Roman

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Once an impressive portrait of an old man thanks to the protruding chin and wide-open eyes, the elongated face seems strained, an impression heightened by the deep circles beneath the eyes and the movement in the high forehead, with its sharp, almost crudely notched creases above the root of the nose.

Marble portrait bust of an elderly man, Marble, Roman

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