Head of Sextus Pompeius
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Not on view at present
Where is “Head of Sextus Pompeius” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This is an ivory relief made in ca. 1780-1820. The relief represents the head of the Roman general Sextus Pompeius. It is one of three pieces that are set onto a later velvet backing in a nineteenth-century wood frame. They all may have formed part of a larger group, now lost. Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, or Sextus Pompey (65 – 35 BC), was a Roman general from the late Republic (1st century BC). His father was Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great).
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 211-1874
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
