Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2556102, member: 44316&quot;]I am not knowledgeable about this particular sculpture, but the majority of ancient heads have serious damage to their original noses and museum sculptures usually have restored noses. You cannot trust museum restorations, especially those done a hundred or more years ago. Furthermore, very few ancient sculptures come with ancient labels identifying the person (Museum labels are almost all modern labels). Most imperial sculptures are identified by resemblance to coin portraits. If a Republican or Greek sculpture is identified as a historical individual who did not issue coins, it may be because literary sources describe him in some distinguishable manner (Socrates having a pig-face comes to mind), but there is often a lot of hopeful guesswork involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>How could a museum even claim a portrait is of Nerva if it does not have a hooked nose? I am sure it is either not Nerva or the nose has been restored (badly).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]550310[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in