Keywords: Roman - Portrait of a Man - Walters 23209.jpg During the Republic men in power wanted their portraits to express the qualities they associated with leadership experience determination practicality and valor Such an image tended to have a realistic appearance with a direct gaze and heavily lined face ca 40 BC late Republican Pentelic marble cm 30 6 18 1 22 9 accession number 23 209 26063 Joseph Brummer Sale New York June 9 1949 no 417 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Old age in antiquity |