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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Head of Augustus

Head of Augustus, 30–14 BCE

Head of Augustus

30–14 BCE · Head, Augustus

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Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room137

On public display.

Checked: 3 days ago
In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum

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Accession number: 26.7.1428

In the same room · Gallery 137, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the same theme · Heads

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Sculpture Terracotta and ceramics Roman Period, Augustus

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)

Isis-Aphrodite clasping a garment rolled about her hips, 1st–2nd century CE

Isis-Aphrodite clasping a garment rolled about her hips, 1st–2nd century CE

Official with Pleated Costume, middle 2nd–1st century BCE

Official with Pleated Costume, middle 2nd–1st century BCE

Decorative attachment in the form of a head wearing an elephant headdress, 200 BCE–100 CE

Decorative attachment in the form of a head wearing an elephant headdress, 200 BCE–100 CE

Healing statue of Isis, 332–30 BCE

Healing statue of Isis, 332–30 BCE

Decorative attachment in the form of a head of Medusa, 2nd century BCE–50 CE

Decorative attachment in the form of a head of Medusa, 2nd century BCE–50 CE

Harpokrates with double crown, cornucopia, and pot, 2nd–3rd century CE

Harpokrates with double crown, cornucopia, and pot, 2nd–3rd century CE

Stela of the God Bes, 4th century BCE–1st century CE

Stela of the God Bes, 4th century BCE–1st century CE

Torso of a Striding Draped Male Figure, 305 BCE–364 CE

Torso of a Striding Draped Male Figure, 305 BCE–364 CE

Tahitian Heads, Paul Gauguin, c. 1891/1893

Paul Gauguin

Tahitian Heads, c. 1891/1893

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Two Heads, Paul Cezanne, 1888

Paul Cézanne

Two Heads, 1888

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Two Heads of Women, Paul Cezanne, 1890/1894

Paul Cézanne

Two Heads of Women, 1890/1894

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Two Heads, Paul Cezanne, 1890/1896

Paul Cézanne

Two Heads, 1890/1896

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Study of Two Heads, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1609

Peter Paul Rubens

Study of Two Heads, ca. 1609

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Four Studies of Heads [verso], Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko

Four Studies of Heads [verso]

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala, Sarah Bernhardt, ca. 1889

Sarah Bernhardt

Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala, ca. 1889

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Balzac, Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1892–93, cast 1980

Auguste Rodin

Head of Balzac, modeled ca. 1892–93, cast 1980

The Metropolitan Museum of Art