Portrait of Emperor Septimius Severus, unknown Roman workshop; Roman Empire 27 BC–476; sculpture; height 56 cm, width 30 cm, depth 24.5 cm; dated 193–211., A white marble bust of a bearded man with curly hair is shown against a solid gray background, mounted on a mottled brown and cream marble pedestal; the bust displays detailed facial features and textured hair and beard, and the clothing suggests a sculpted chest plate with straps, all rendered in shades of white and light gray contrasted with the pedestal’s brown, cream, and reddish tones and the surrounding gray.
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Portrait of Emperor Septimius Severus, unknown Roman workshop; Roman Empire 27 BC–476; sculpture; height 56 cm, width 30 cm, depth 24.5 cm; dated 193–211., A white marble bust of a bearded man with curly hair is shown against a solid gray background, mounted on a mottled brown and cream marble pedestal; the bust displays detailed facial features and textured hair and beard, and the clothing suggests a sculpted chest plate with straps, all rendered in shades of white and light gray contrasted with the pedestal’s brown, cream, and reddish tones and the surrounding gray.

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Portrait Emperor Septimius Severus unknown Roman workshop Roman Empire 27 BC–476 sculpture height 56 cm width 30 cm depth 24.5 cm dated 193–211 white marble bust bearded man curly hair shown solid gray background mounted mottled brown cream marble pedestal bust displays detailed facial features textured hair beard clothing sculpted chest plate straps rendered shades white light gray contrasted pedestal’s brown cream reddish tones surrounding gray.

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