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Called Claudius Galen A.D. 130-200
Catalogue reference: Portrait/X175
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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Portrait/X175
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Title (The name of the record)
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Called Claudius Galen A.D. 130-200
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Description (What the record is about)
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Turned slightly to his right; the eyes not incised; close-curling hair, clean-shaven face; furrowed forehead, double chin, his throat bare.
Engraved in 1840 by W. Skelton
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal College of Physicians of London
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Presented in 1835 by Lord Ashburton
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Marble head, 17 inches high, mounted on a separate circular socle which is inscribed: GALEN
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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It is apparently a modern copy, perhaps of the late eighteenth century. The original, on which it is rather freely based, is a remarkable and famous head in the Vatican, Roman work probably of the late Republican era. Apart from the modern inscription on the socle of the College version, there seems to be no reason for associating this type of portrait with Galen: the original is unidentified and anyway too early in date for Galen.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <span class="wrapper"><p>Annals, 30 September 1835; 1864 Catalogue, p. 24; Roll, III, 403; 1900 List; 1926 Catalogue; the head in the Vatican has been frequently reproduced, e.g. in A. Hekler, Greek and Roman Portraits, 1912, pl. 151; F. Bruckmann, Griechische und Römische Porträts, Munich, 1891 et seq., pp. 427-30, has a list of versions of this bust</p></span>
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Record URL
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Called Claudius Galen A.D. 130-200