Marble bust of the emperor Hadrian

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Marble bust of the emperor Hadrian Period: Hadrianic Date: ca. A.D. 118 - 120 Culture: Roman Medium: Marble Dimensions: H. 18 13/16 in. (47.8 cm) Classification: Stone Sculpture Credit Line: Collection of Shelby White and Leon Levy Accession Number: L.2007.8.2 This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 162 The Metropolitan Museum of Arthttp://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/257689 Scanned with 123DCatch on iPhone 5S on 26 January 2014. Found in Hadrian's villa at Tibur (mod. Tivoli, near Rome) The bust shows Hadrian in the early part of his reign, when his beard was still relatively short and his face had a serene and slightly gay* expression. Romans generally shaved off their beards when they reached maturity in their mid-twenties. Hadrian was the first emperor to continue to wear one and so started a fashion that persisted in imperial portraiture until the time of Constantine in the early fourth century. Hadrian's choice to remain bearded was influenced in part by his love of Greek culture, in which beards traditionally signified wisdom and maturity. *Note: This the MMA's wording, not mine. Presumably it is an old description, and they mean happy. Instructions Not printed yet.