Julius Caesar
Hadrian
Maurelius
Maurelius
Marcus Aurelius
Antoninus (called Caracalla)
Trajan
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Julius Caesar
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Hadrian
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Maurelius
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Marcus Aurelius
Antoninus (called Caracalla)
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Trajan
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Portrait head of the emperor Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus (called Caracalla), ca. 217–30; late Severan
Roman
Marble; H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940 (40.11.1a)
This head is from a statue, other
fragments of which survive. Caracalla abandoned the luxuriant hair and beard
of his predecessors for a military style characterized by close-cropped curls
and a stubble beard. Often finely carved, his portraits convey a contained,
yet explosive, energy.