File:Head of Emperor Constans (r. 337–50) MET DP337519.jpg

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Head of Emperor Constans (r. 337–50), Byzantine (MET, 67.107)

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Title
Head of Emperor Constans (r. 337–50)
Description
English: This classically styled, crowned head is probably that of Constans, the youngest of the four sons of Constantine the Great. Constans, a devout Christian, who initially ruled part of the western half of the Empire, gained all the west in 340. He defeated the Franks and was the last emperor to visit Britain. Constans was killed before he was thirty by the usurper Magnentius in 350.
Depicted people Category:Constans
Date between 337 and 340
Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions

Overall: 1 0 5/8 x 6 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 17.5 x 18.8 cm)
with base: 15 x 6 x 6 in. (38.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
Base: 4 3/4 x 6 x 6 in. (12.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)

Diameter of Neck: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Gallery 301, Medieval Art, The Met Fifth Avenue
Accession number
67.107
Object history circa 1932
date QS:P,+1932-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: acquired by Dr. Wilhelm Fabricius, Bonn and Istanbul from Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
, Istanbul

inherited by Wilhelm Fabricius, Bonn from Dr. Wilhelm Fabricius, Bonn and Istanbul

1967: purchased by The Metropolitan Museum of Art at the sale of the collection of Wilhelm Fabricius, Bonn
Credit line Rogers Fund, 1967
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468717
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