Herodotus, Massimo Inv 124478

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (Museo Nazionale Romano), Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Unknown

Portrait of Herodotus, identified after other known inscribed portraits of the historian. Greek marble, Roman copy of a Greek original of the early 4th century BC.

Dimensions n.a.

Credit line From the area of Porta Metronia, Rome; entered the collections in 1940

Accession number Inv. 124478

Location Ground floor, gallery III

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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