The drooping of the head onto the shoulder and its slight backward inclination the great mane of hair rising from the middle of the forehead.
Marble portrait of alexander.
Marble portrait of alexander the great 199 1.
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Marble portrait of alexander the great 2nd 1st century bce said to be from alexandria egypt.
230 235 roman the young emperor severus alexander r.
It seems that it had fallen there from one of the buildings on the higher city the head reveals all of the characteristic features of the sculpted heads of alexander the great.
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Altes museum berlin germany.
This head was found during the excavations of the lower agora of pergamon.
Alexander hamilton is a marble bust portrait of alexander hamilton done in the style of a roman senator by the italian sculptor giuseppe ceracchi.
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The head was cut to fit into a separately made body.
The surface is in good condition with only minor abrasions.
Marble portrait of alexander the great youthful image of the conqueror king hellenistic greek.
The bust was later used as a model for sculptures and paintings.
222 235 is wearing a toga contabulata with a large overfold sinus across the chest and a diagonal fold extending over the left shoulder and down the back.
The macedonian king who defeated his persian colleague darius iii codomannus and conquered the achaemenid empire during his campaigns alexander visited a o.
This portrait of alexander the great in the erbach type named after the best copy in schloss erbach germany was found in madytos thrace turkey.
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Ceracchi also created many replicas in both marble and plaster.
Ancient literary sources say that he let only one sculptor carve his portrait.
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Roman marble copy after a greek original from around 340 bc.
Literary sources tell us though perhaps not reliably that alexander reigned 336 323 bc chose only a few artists to produce his image and famous names such as the sculptor lysippos and the painter apelles were associated with his portraiture.
The back of the head has been worked to receive the remainder of the hair which was probably made of another material such as stucco or plaster.
Marble portrait bust of severus alexander ca.
This life size head said to have been found in megara was part of a multi figured group which probably served as a funerary monument for a courtier who wanted to associate.