Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian by Ancient Roman
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Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian

Ancient Roman · 130-138

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Bruce (b. 1947) and Ingrid McAlpine (1939-2018), McAlpine Ancient Art, London; sold to the Art Insitute of Chicago, 1979.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Sculpture From the Classical Collection, Gallery 101A, September 1, 1987-August 31, 1988.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Classical Art from the Permanent Collection, February 1989-February 17, 1990.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections, March 3–September 16, 1990.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 156, April 20, 1994-February 6, 2012.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, A Portrait of Antinous, in Two Parts, Gallery 154, April 2 - September 5, 2016.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012-present.

Literature

Published references

  • Art Institute of Chicago, “Report of the President,” Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1978–79 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1979), p. 12 (ill.).
  • Art Institute of Chicago, “Acquisitions,” Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1978–79 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1979), p. 35.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, “Recent Accessions in the Department of Classical Art,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 74, 1 (Jan.–Mar. 1980), p. 8 (ill.).
  • Cornelius C. Vermuele III, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada (Berkely: University of California Press, 1981), p. 309, fig. 265.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Pocketguide to the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 1983), p. 17, fig. 13.
  • Max Wegner, “Verzeichnis der Bildnisse von Hadrian und Sabina.” in Boreas: Münstersche Beiträge zur Archäologie 7 (1984), p. 113.
  • Klaus Fittschen and Paul Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen Kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band I: Kaiser- und Prinzenbildnisse (Zabern, 1985), p. 58, n. 1 [This book gives an incorrect accession number in reference to the work: 1979.360 instead of 1979.350].
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Pocketguide to the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 1988), p. 9, fig. 13.
  • Karen B. Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 10.
  • Karen Alexander, "The New Galleries of Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," Minerva vol. 5, no. 3 (May/June, 1994), p. 34, fig. 12.
  • Cornelius C. Vermeule III, “Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 20, no. 1 (1994): p. 70, cat. 47 (ill.).
  • Cécile Evers, Les portraits d’Hadrien: Typologie et ateliers (Académie Royale de Belgique, 1994), pp. 102, cat. 29; 259; 261; 263–64; 315, fig. 46; 316, fig. 48, 317.

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