Head of a young man; called Ptolemy. (Claude Ptolemee; Claudius Ptolemaus).120-140 AD.Pentelic marble.In this head of monumental dimensions; Bartolomeo Cavaceppi recognised a portrait of Ptolemy XIII (Ptolemee XIII; Ptolemaios XIII. ); King of Egypt between 51 and 47 BC; a member of the well-known Ptolemaic dynasty. The young virile figure; with heavily idealised traits; was later variously identified as an effigy of the lover of Emperor Adrian; Antinous; or the Greek god Apollo. MT 501a.- Torlonia Collection of ancient sculptures.From the Museo Torlonia (Torlonia Museum) founded in Rome by Prince Alessandro Torlonia in 1875 and dissolved in 1976.The collection of marble and alabaster sculptures dating to the Roman Empire period has been described as the 'most important private museum of sculpture in the world'.Rome; Italy. 2021.