Man with Cloak and Tall Hat (genius cucullatus) Artist: Unknown

ca. 2nd century A.D.

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Bronze with red copper inlay

Dimensions

h. of base and object: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)
4 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 9/16 in. (12 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas T. Solley, B.A. 1950

Accession Number

2002.15.13

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Kouchakji Freres Collection, sale, American Art Association, 8-9 March, 1918, no. 322, illustrated; collection of Thomas T. Solley (1924-2006) by 1962; YUAG by gift from Thomas T. Solley in 2002.
Bibliography
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, 2014), 339, no. 175, pl. 175
  • Essi Ronkko and Hood Museum of Art, "Hood Museum," http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu (accessed June 2011-July 2021),
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 203, 388, pl. 189
  • Susan B. Matheson, "Ancient Greek Bronzes at Yale," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004), 51, ill
  • "Acquisitions 2002," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 132–33, ill
  • G. M. A. Hanfmann, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, exh. cat. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967), 137, no. 139, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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