Marble Head of a Philosopher

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 13 October 2020

Marble Head of a Philosopher — 1st- or 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a Greek statue of the last quarter of the 3rd century BCE.
There are striking similarities between this head and portraits of Aristotle (384–322 BCE), but the identity of this man remains unknown.

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Marble Head of a Philosopher

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