Tiberius

Artist Unknown

CultureRoman

Date1st-2nd century

MediumMarble

Dimensions70 1/8 in. (178.1 cm)

Markings#28 carved on right front side of base

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.535

Not on view

Label TextTiberius (Standing Nude) Roman, 1st-2nd century CE Marble, 70 1/8 in. (178.1 cm) height Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.535ProvenanceWilliam Petty Fitzmaurice, First Marquess of Lansdowne, London, 18th century collection. Restored in Italy, probably in 18th century; James E. Le Pere; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1971.Published ReferencesChristie's Sales Catalogue, March 5, 1930, lot #111. Sotheby's London, June 13, 1966, lot 178, p. 79 (ill. with head in Getty Museum). Clarac, _Musée de Sculpture_, Paris, 1841, 2356C, plate 925, p. 207. A. Michaelis, _Ancient Marble in Great Britain_, Cambridge, 1882, p. 444, no. 28. S. Reinach, _Rèpertoire de la Statuaire Greeque et Romaine, Paris, 1897-1930, I, p. 568, no. 1. Elizabeth Angelicoussis, _Reconstructing the Lansdowne Collection of Classical Marbles_, Volume II, Catalogue, (Munich: Hirmer Verlag GrmbH, 2017), fig. 76.1, pg. 412.