Ancient Roman Portraiture

Sculpted heads and busts from ancient Rome, capturing the anatomical precision and cultural significance of notable historical figures.

Tanit goddess Tanit goddess, Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins, originally from Sicily, 400-300 BC, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23005200

Marble portrait of a man. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 100.Like this powerful image of a middle-aged man, many Flavian portraits show the same uncompromising representation of aging flesh that marked portraits of the Republican period. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

England, Somerset, Bath, Roman Baths, Gilt Bronze Head of Sulis Minerva

Imitation of a Roman Male Portrait. Unknown

Etruscan art. Portrait of a young man. Bronze. 3rd c. BC. From Fiesole, Italy. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Roman period. Female portrait. Vatican Museums. Chiaramonti.

Lucius Cornelius Pusio, roman senator. Statue was offered by the centuryion Marcus Vibrius Marcellus. Rome. 1st century. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Head of a Woman 700 B.C.

Head of Achilles.

Head from the lid of a marble, sarcophagus with face in Greek style but of Phoenician type. Sidon, Lebanon. 5th-3rd BC. British Museum. London.

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Head in marble. First half of the 2nd century. From Pergamon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Bust of roman emperor Nero(37-68 AD) at the Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Woman's head from Voerendaal

leona del Borne, Piedra de Santanyí, Autor: Jacint Mateu,1833, Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Minerva, gilded bronze from Bath ENGLAND.

Libya, Cyrene. Marble bust in the museum.

Bust of aWoman. Artist: Girolamo della Robbia, Italian, Florence ca. 1488-1566

Head of Heracles (Dionysus) - Applique

Colossal head of Tyche. 2nd century AD. Roman. Marble. From Italica (Sevilla province, Andalusia, Spain). Archaeological Museum of Seville. Andalusia, Spain.

marble bust of Antinous the lover of Hadrian, Roman emperor. Circa 130-138 AD.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). Roman stoic philosopher. Detail of the Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca. Ancient Roman statue from the first half of the 3rd century AD. Marble. Portraits are coupled in double herm by later roman copyst. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin, Germany.

Apollo , Antiquities, Sculpture, Apollo Deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Bust of Pyrrhus (Pyrrhos; 319/318-272 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossian, of the royal Aeacid house (from c. 297 BC), and later king of Epirus (r. 306-302, 297-272 BC) and Macedon (r. 288-284, 273-272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome.

Portrait of Cornelis Apostool, Paulus Joseph Gabriël, c. 1817

Portrait Head of a Boy as Mercury; Roman Empire; second half of 2nd century; Marble; 16 cm (6 5,16 in.)

Caracalla (188-217). Roman emperor from 198-217 AD. Severan Dynasty. Bust. 212-215 AD. National Arhaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Julius Caesar ca. 1512-14 Andrea di Pietro di Marco Ferrucci Ferruccis pleasing Julius Caesar exemplifies the delicately ornate, a lantica style of Florentine sculpture fashionable in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. While the face is strikingly naturalistic and portrait-like, the profuse amount of surface detail seems to disperse rather than unify form and to reduce the scale of the sculpture rather than create a sense of monumentality. The innovations of Michelangelos Brutus emerge when it is compared to Ferruccis bust. Ten years older than Michelangelo, Ferrucci was described by Vasari as one of those marvelous "sculptors who without knowing at all how to draw on paper nevertheless brings their works to a fine and praiseworthy finish with their chisels." He became head of the workforce at San Lorenzo in 1524, where his expertise in carving marble proved valuable to Michelangelo.. Julius Caesar. Andrea di Pietro di Marco Ferrucci (Italian, Fiesole 1465-1526 Florence).

Young girl marble statue face, Nymphaeum of Punta Epitaffio, Baiae, Campania, Italy. Roman civilization, 1st century.

Fragment of a Palmyran Funerary Stele. Unknown

Juno. Ancient Roman goddess. Bust, 2nd century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Faustina the Elder (98-141 AD). Roman empress, wife of Antoninus Pius. The elder Faustina set in modern alabaster bust. AD. 138-141. National Arhaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

FOTOGRAFIA B/N-ESCULTURA DE MESALINA EN LA SALA DEL EMPERADOR DEL MUSEO CAPITOLINO. Mesalina. CLAUDIO I (ESPOSA).

Emperor Claudius (10 BC-54 AD). Bust showing Claudius wearing the civil crown, a diadem of oak leaves. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

Augustus (63 BC-14 AD). Roman statesman and military leader. Fist emperor of the Roman Empire. Bust. 1st BC-1st AD century. Odessa Archaeological Museum. Odessa. Ukraine.

Estatua de Ascleipos. Procedente de Empuries. Museo d'Empuries. Siglo V BC.

Anonymous / 'A Bacchante'. XVII century. Marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Constantine the Great (272-337 AD). 57th emperor of the Roman Empire. Istanbul Archaeology Museums (Archaeological Museum). Turkey.

Male head. 1st century BC. Limestone. Iberian culture. From the Shrine of Cerro de los Santos (Montealegre del Castillo, Albacete province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) (10 BC-54 AD). Roman emperor (41-54 AD). Julio-Claudian dynasty. Head of the emperor Claudius. Greek version of the imperial portrait. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Greece.

Trajan (53-117 AD). Roman emperor. Bust. Marble. Found near Rome (Italy). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Roman civilization, Marble statue of seated Livia portrayed as Ceres from Roselle, Augusteum, Tuscany region, Italy, detail, 1st century a.d.

Cleopatra, a life portrait given to Juba II. Only known life bust ALGERIA.

Alexander figure antefix.

Head of Apollo. Hellenistic copy of The Apollo Lyceus by Praxiteles. 2nd Century AD. Marble of Paros. Emporion-Empuries, Girona, Spain.

Nabataean man's head. From Khirbet-el Tannur, Jordan. Nabatean art. Sculpture on rock. JORDAN. Amman. Archaeological Museum.

Anonymous / 'Lucius Aurelius Verus'. Late XVI century. White marble, Portasanta marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Tiberius (42 B.C.-37 A. C.). Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Bust. Bronze. 1st century AD. Maho_n. Museum of Minorca. Spain.

Bust of man, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, national museum of Roman art, Merida, Extremadura, Spain 1st century AD

Funerary relief ca. 150-200 Inscription:1 Akiba, 2 son of Ate’akab, 3 (son of) Gaddaia. 4 Alas!Transliteration:1 ʿqybʾ2 br ʿtʿqb3 gdyʾ4 ḥblThis relief is a type of funerary monument characteristic of the prosperous caravan city of Palmyra during the first three centuries A.D. Reliefs with a representation of the deceased and a short identifying inscription were used to seal burial niches in elaborately decorated communal tombs; those with a half-length or bust format became prevalent sometime after A.D. 65. Shown here is the upper body of a bearded man dressed in a Greek cloak known as a himation, worn over a chiton, or tunic, and wrapped around the right arm like a sling. He holds a small object, probably a schedula (book roll), in his left hand, and wears a ring on the little finger of that hand. The background of the relief is blank except for an inscription in Palmyrene Aramaic to the right of his head giving his name and his father and grandfather’s names, ending with an express

Portrait Head of Tiberius ( The Lansdowne Tiberius ); Roman Empire; early 1st century; Marble; 29.2 × 21 × 22.2 cm (11 1,2 × 8 1,4 × 8 3,4 in.)

Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (Napoleone come Marte Pacificatore), by Antonio Canova, 1808, 19th Century, plaster

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), said Dantan the young. Serious portrait of the composer Henri-Montan Berton (1767-1844). Terracotta patinated plaster. 1832. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Composer, french, patina patina, serious portrait, terracotta

Sculpture of Helen of Troy by Antonio Canova, 1812

Head piece from the Parthenon Frieze, Acropolise, Athens. This head was sculptured between 443 and 438 BC.

Head of Medusa. The New Wing (Braccio Nuovo) of the Chiaramonti Museum, Vatican museum, Vatican city, Rome, Italy.

Athènes. Tête de jeune homme (Musée de l'Acropole) , Sculpture, Antiquities. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Marble head of a woman from a grave marker ca. 325 B.C. Greek, Attic Head of a woman from a grave relief.. Marble head of a woman from a grave marker 251525 Greek, Attic, Marble head of a woman from a grave marker, ca. 325 B.C., Marble, Pentelic, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.97.97b)

Lazio Roma Frascati Villa Borghese0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 17th c. villa, ninfeo and fountain. Interior views of salons, dining room, bedroom, and frescoes, paintings and busts decorating them. Antiquities: Villa houses an Antiquities gallery, which contains sarcophagi, busts, masks, friezes, and a series of statues of Roman kings. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

CARLOS MIGUEL FITZ-JAMES STUART Y FERNANDEZ DE HIJAR-SILVA (1794-1835) 7º DUQUE DE BERWICK Y XIV DE ALBA - NEOCLASICISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALVAREZ CUBERO JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Lucius Verus (130-169 AD). Roman Emperor from 161-169. Nerva-Antonine Dynasty. Bust. National Roman Museum. Palazzo Altemps. Rome. Italy.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Funerary stele of aman

Marble bust of Drusus Julius Caesar (14 BC - 23 AD) heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother.

Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy Two heads

Nerva (30-98AD). Roman Emperor from 96-98. Nervan-Antonine dynasty. Bust. National Roman Museum. Palazzo Altemps. Rome. Italy.

Julius Caesar, c. 1455-60. Mino da Fiesole (Italian, c. 1430-1484), garland by Mino da Fiesole and Workshop (Italian, c. 1430-1484). Marble with traces of bole (red clay) and limestone with traces of paint; overall: 83 x 84 x 25 cm (32 11/16 x 33 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.).

Europe, Greece, Cyclades, Delos. Delos Archaeological Museum, artifacts found on Delos.

White gypsum copy of ancient statue of Venus de Milo head for artists isolated on a black background. Plaster sculpture of woman face.. Gypsum copy of ancient statue Venus head isolated on black background. Plaster sculpture woman face.

Bust of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, 1756-1791, Wallhalla, Donaustauf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Fragmentary bronze portrait of the emperor Caracalla ca. A.D. 212-217 Roman This portrait depicts Caracalla as a grown man, when he was sole emperor. He succeeded his father, Septimius Severus, who died at York in A.D. 211 during campaigns in northern Britain. Caracalla only reigned for six years before his own death near Carrhae in northern Mesopotamia while campaigning against the Parthians. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1238. Fragmentary bronze portrait of the emperor Caracalla Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Fragmentary bronze portrait of the emperor Caracalla. Roman. ca. A.D. 212-217. Bronze. Mid-Imperial, Severan. Bronzes

Sculpture by Lucius Junius Brutus, Giorgio Sommer, 1874 - in Or Before 1879 photograph This photo is part of an album. Naples photographic support albumen print sculpture. male persons from classical history

Ancient Greece. Trefoil-mouthed vase in the shape of a boy's head. 3rd century BC. Museum of the Ancient Agora. Athens, Greece.

Hannibal portrait, 247-183 BC. Carthaginian general. 15th cent. medal.

Bronze head from an over life-sized statue of Augustus (the Meroe Head) Roman, probably made in Egypt, About 27-25 BC, found at Meroe Sudan. Statues of the emperor, together with images of him on coins and painted parts were essential for imperial propaganda.

Via Labicana Augustus. Sculpture of the Roman Emperor Augustus (63BC-14AD) as Pontifex Maximus. 12BC. National Museum of Rome. Massimo Palace. Rome. Italy.

Alexander III the Great (-356-323). King of Macedonia (-336 to -323). Son of Philip II and Princess epirota Olympia. Bronze bust in gold leaf. 2nd century. It comes from Kircheriano Museum. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Portrait of a Man, possibly reworked from a portrait ofNero

Bust titled 'Authority of Law' by James Earle Fraser (1876-1953) an American sculptor. Dated 20th Century

Female Protome. Unknown

'Portrait of Severus Alexander'. Ancient Rome, first half of the 3rd century. Dimensions: height: 43 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Weathered Marble Bust Against a Textured Terracotta Wall Roma, Latium - Italy - 11-25-2022: Ancient marble bust with visible cracks, set against a terracotta backdrop Copyright: xZoonar.com/DetlefxVoigtxinfogph-foto.dex 21347652

The Colosseum - Fori Imperiali Metro station is located on Via dei Fori Imperiali between the Munoz Wall, on the north side, and the Temple of Venus and Rome, on the south side, Subway Line C, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe. 27/12/2025.

Fragmentary terracotta bowl with tondo. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: greatest dimension 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm). Date: late 1st-mid-2nd century A.D..Plate with relief head, fragmentary. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bust of Emperor Alexander Severus

Emperor Vespasian (9-79). Flavian dyansty. Bust. c. 80 Ad. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Portrait of a man. Roman work, early 1st century AD. Bronze. National Gallery. Prague (Sternberg Palace).

portrait of a Roman senator, 1st century, Museum-Interpretation Centre of the archaeological park of Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Bronze head of Julius Caesar, marble bust

Fürstin-Pauline monument in Bad Meinberg Fürstin-Pauline monument in Bad Meinberg

BUSTO DE FAUSTINA MENOR MUJER DE MARCO AURELIO-PEINADO ROMANO. Location: MUSEO CAPITOLINO. Rome. ITALIA. FAUSTINA MENOR. MARCO AURELIO (ESPOSA).

David 1501-1504 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564 Italian) Marble Galleria dell 'Accademia, Florence, Italy

Marble head of Agrippa, husband of Julia, daugther of Emperor Augustus, From Gabes, Detail

Portrait of Galba (3-69), Roman Emperor

Gold bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius

George III, Francis Hardenberg, active 1800-1823, German, 1820, Marble, with stone and marble pedestal, Overall: 30 × 22 × 11 inches (76.2 × 55.9 × 27.9 cm) and Base or socle: 37 1/2 inches (95.3 cm), portrait

Libya; Tripolitania; Khums; The Head of the Medusa on arches in the Severan Forum at Leptis Magna.

Umbria Terni Terni Palazzo Montani8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Renaissance architecture; frescos (17th century); tapestries after designs of Raphael school; intarsia (furniture); wooden cassone carved with the arms of the Montani Antiquities: Portrait heads in marble of Roman youths and a consul German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

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