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Summary

The so-called "Togatus Barberini": a Roman senator holding effigies of deceased ancestors; one is part-supported by a herm. Marble, late 1st century BC; head (not belonging): middle 1st century BC.

Note: the busts are not proven "imagines": for an evaluation, see Flower, H. I., Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture, Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-924024-8

Copyright status:

public domain

Source:

A. Hekler, Greek & Roman Portraits, New York, 1912, pl. 127a.

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