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Eutropius

This portrait head is long, slim and startlingly modern in style, the strong brows combining with the small mouth to give it a real intensity. It is the best known of a group of portraits which were once thought to represent court-eunuch and writer, Eutropius, who was active in the court of the emperor Valens, 364-378 CE

Number: 
642
Material: 
Marble
Location of Original: 

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 880

Size: 
0.32m
Accession: 

Robert Cook bequest. Purchased from Bertolin of Munich, 20 May 2005

Date: 
5th century CE
Provenance: 

Ephesos

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