Classical Busts of Historical Figures

A collection of marble busts depicting notable figures from Ancient Greece and Rome, showcasing intricate hairstyles and traditional attire, exuding a sense of history and artistry.

Emperor Septimius Severus statue, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. From 193-211 AD

Bust of a Greek poet. Marble. Rectangular peristyle. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Hadrian, Publio Aelio (Publius Aelius Adrianus) (76-138). Roman Emperor (117-138). Bust. Penteli marble. Dated around 130-140 A. C. Found in Athens. National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

Emperor Caracalla, 211-217 AD, Roman.

Philip II of Macedon (382-336 BC). King of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Madedom from 359 -336 BC. Bust. Marble. From Anatolia. Roman work after original of about 4th century BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (26 April 121 - 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana

Portrait Bust of Herodotus (c. 484 BC - c. 425 BC) an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). He is known for having written the book The Histories,

Emperor Septimius Severus statue, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. From 193-211 AD

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD.) Bust as a youth, marble, 2nd century AD. Roman Emperor (161-180 AD). Naples Archaeological Museum.

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

Greek civilization, bronze head of philosopher, from Antikythera, Greece

Head of Heracles, hero god. Marble bust. 1st. century AD. Copy of Greek bronze original. Tusculum, Italy.

Septimius Severus (145-211 AD). Roman Emperor. Severan Dynasty. 196-197 AD. Bust. From Ostia. Italy. National Roman Museum. Palace Massimo. Rome. Italy.

Septimius Severus (146-211). Roman emperor. Founder of Severan dynasty. Bust. 200-206 AD. Marble. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Emperor Septimius Severus (146-211). Severan dynasty. Bust, c. 204 AD. Marble. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Head of a bearded god in Pentelic marble probably depicting Zeus or Hermes. It seems a work by parian sculptor Euphron. Dated between 450-440 B.C. Eetioneia sanctuary in Piraeus. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.

Roman 1st century copy, of a Greek bust of Hypereides 390-322 BC. Hypereides or Hypereides was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the 'Alexandrian Canon' compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace

CABEZA DE ZEUS DE PALATINO - II MITAD DEL SIGLO V AC - ESCULTURA ROMANA. Location: MUSEO DE LAS TERMAS. Rome. ITALIA.

Augustus early 1st century AD, The Torlonia Marbles. Collecting Masterpieces, Gallerie d'Italia, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Sculpted bust of Roman Emperor Hadrian. Marble, circa 2nd century A.D. Roman.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). Roman Emperor. Last of th Five Good Emperors. Antonine Dynasty. Bust. From Rome, Roman Forum. House of the Vestal Virgins. 175-180 AD. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Trajan, 110 AD marble bust. Museum: Staatliche Glypothek, MUNICH, GERMANY.

Hercules (Heracles). Hero and god. Roman copy, 1st century of a Greek original, 4th century BC. Altemps Palace (National Roman Museum). Rome. Italy.

Head of Dionysus, 2nd century, National Archaeological Museum, Villa Cassis Faraone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, important city in the Roman Empire, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Morpheus. 1822. Marble. Fedor Tolstoy is a typical representative of Russian Classicism. He worked as a sculptor among other art crafts. His works are based on antiquity. Image depicts the ancient god of dreaming - Morpheus. Tolstoy F.P. 1783-1873.

Colossal marble sculpture of the head of Zeus. From Tivoli, found in the villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

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

Portrait of Aeschines (389-314 BC), Attic orator and politician. Roman copy (23 BC-AD 14) of a Greek original. Marble. Naples Museum.

Greek art. Grave relief for a soldier. Athens. C. 330 B.C. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark. Europe.

Hadrian (76-138 AD), Roman Emperor from 117-138. Nervan-Antonine Dyansty. National Roman Museum. Palazzo Altemps. Rome. Italy.

Portrait of a Boxer, by Unknown artist, 390 - 370, 4th Century, marble. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: inv. 58702. Whole artwork. Front view portrait of boxer beard mustache face, from Genazzano

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Palazzo Altemps, Roman National Museum, Marble Statue.

Lazio Roma Grottaferrata Museo25. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) in military dress. About 140 AD. From House of Jason Mangus, Bust. Cyrene, North Africa. British Museum. London.

Marcus Aurelius. Roman emperor from 161-180. Antonine dynasty. Bust, 1st century AD. Ephesus Museum, Turkey.

Ludovico Lombardo (Sculptor) (Attributed to) / 'Hadrian'. Ca. 1570. Bronze, Grey marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Pompeia Plotina (d. 121/122). Roman and wife of Roman Emperor Trajan. Portrait. Bust. Vatican Museums.

Head of Heracles, 4th Century, standing sculpture,

Cup of an apostle ..

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). Roman Emperor from 161-180. Was of the Five Good Emperors and Stoic philospher. Antonine Dynasty. Bust. Marble. Museum Metropolitan of Art. NY. USA.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). Roman Emperor. Last of th Five Good Emperors. Antonine Dynasty. Bust. From Rome, Roman Forum. House of the Vestal Virgins. 175-180 AD. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italy.

Head of Emperor Constantine, part of colossal stone statue, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, Italy, Europe

Bust of Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor, Glyptothek, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Portrait Head of a Philosopher 150 CE-200 CE Roman Empire. The Roman emperor Hadrian (r. A.D. 117ñ38), who embraced Greek intellectual pursuits, popularized the beard among men young and old, who had previously been clean-shaven. The beard quickly became a fashionable style as well as a sign of oneís interest in classical learning, leading elite Roman men to have themselves portrayed in the guise of philosophers. This portrait of an unidentified man, who wears a full beard and a hairstyle of wavy locks over his forehead, resembles portraits of the Greek philosopher Plato. The introspective eyes, with their heavy lids and drilled pupils, also contribute to the sitterís intellectual demeanor.. Marble . Ancient Roman

Portrait bust of Zenon of Kition (c. 333BC - c. 262 BC) an ancient Greek philosopher.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180. Antonine Dynasty. Marcus Aurelius as a youth. AD. 147-151. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Andrea Doria (1466-1560). Geonese condottiero and admiral. Bust. Museum of the Risorgimento. Turin. Italy.

Caligula, Gaius Julius Caesar (12-41). Roman Emperor (37-41). Bust. Found in the Tiber river. Marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Trajan (53-117 AD). Roman emperor. Bust from acrolithic statue. Marble. 117-138 AD. From Trajaneum or Temple of Trajan. Pergamum. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Funerary portrait from a Roman grave, within the Roman city, Barcelona, Spain. 1st Century AD

Hadrian (76-138 AD). Roman emperor. Nervan-Antonine dynasty. Marble bust. c. 125-130 AD. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Bust of roman emperor Antoninus Pius (86-161AD). Also known as Antoninus. Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Conrad of Montferrat (d. 1192). King of Jerusalem. Marble. Herm by G. Gaggini, 1840-1848.

'Portrait of the Emperor Nero as a Youth'. Ancient Rome, Mid-1st century. Dimensions: 39 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Fragment of a Funerary Stele; Palmyra, Syria; about 200 - 250; Marble; 52.1 × 36.7 × 17.9 cm (20 1,2 × 14 7,16 × 7 1,16 in.)

Retrato de Claudio, procedente de la sede de la schola del collegium fabrum de Tárraco, siglo I, Mármol blanco, MNAT 12260. Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona.

Cast sculpture of head of Emperor Trajan

Hadrian (76-138). 14th Emperor of Roman Empire. Dyansty, Nervan-Antonine. Hadrian set in bust with cuirass, c. Ad 130. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Nero (37 Ð 68). Was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great uncle Claudius. Bust. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Statue collection of classical model, Naples, Italy, Europe

BUSTO EN BRONCE DE PITAGORAS (582/500 AC) FILOSOFO Y MATEMATICO GRIEGO. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY, NEAPEL, ITALIA.

Bust of Marciana. 1st c. Trajan's sister. Roman art. Early Empire. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. 'Santa Cecilia' Conservatory of Music.

Head of Jupiter from Otricoli. Marble. Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BC. Round Room. Pio-Clementine Museum. Vatican Museum. Vatican city.

BUSTO DE OCTAVIO CESAR AUGUSTO EL PACIFICADOR COMO PONTIFICE MAXIMO - SIGLO I AC. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE ROMANO. MERIDA. Badajoz. SPAIN. EMPERADOR AUGUSTO. CESAR AUGUSTO OCTAVIO. JULIO CESAR EMPERADOR.

Herakles bust, from Esquiline, Rome. 4th century AD. Carrara marble. Depicting combat with a Nemean lion. Carlsberg Glyptotek.

Bronze head of 'Brutus', 4th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Lazio Latina Terracina Museo Archeologico35. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Antiquities: Stone figures, both full-length and busts; ancient altars, sarcophagi, inscriptions and stone fragments from the Temple of Giove Anxur and from the ancient town. Object Notes: Hutzel campaign notes are undated. 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.

Boxer at Rest. Hellenistic Greek Sculpture. C. 330 BC. Sitting nude boxer at rest, still wearing caestus. National Museum of Rome. Massimo Palace. Italy. Rome.

Philosopher. Bust. Marble. Samaria. Roman period, 1st century AD. Epicurean school. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel. Roman copy.

'Portrait of a Man'. Italy, Late 18th century. Dimensions: height: 85,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Portrait Head of a Bearded Roman. Unknown

Portrait of emperor Caligula (12-41 AD). Marble. Julio-Claudian dynasty. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ny, USA.

Sophocles bust. Classical Greek statue.

Theatre of Dionysus. Theatre of Dionysus at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

Anonymous / 'Aeschylus o Aeschines'. XVIII century. White Carrara marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Tiberius (42 BC-37 AD). Roman Emperor. Julio-Claudian dynasty. Bust. 30 AD. National Arhaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Marble bust of Greek poet Menander (343 b.c.-292 b.c.)

Marble head of Demosthenes 2nd century A.D. Roman Copy of a Greek bronze statue by Polyeuktos of ca. 280 B.C.Demosthenes (ca. 384-322 b.c.) of Athens is widely considered the greatest orator of ancient Greece. Early on in his career, he recognized that the rise in power of Philip II of Macedonia was a threat to Greek independence, and he initiated a lifelong aggressive anti-Macedonian policy, which he pleaded publicly to the Athenians and the citizens of other Greek city-states. More than fifty Roman portraits of Demosthenes are known, an eloquent testimony to his continued popularity in Roman times. All the existing portraits appear to reflect a single Greek original, most likely the posthumous portrait statue by the sculptor Polyeuktos erected in the agora (marketplace) of Athens in 280 B.C. The fine head captures the orator in a characteristically harsh, unhappy yet determined expressionthe countenance of a noble fanatic, great mind, and passionate patriot.. Marble head of Demosthe

Head of a Bearded Man from a Funerary Monument. Unknown

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), known as Dantan young. Portrait-signs of the instrument factor, Antoine-Joseph-Adolphe Sax (1814-1894). Terracious patinated plaster, round-bump. 1845. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 52166-19 Instrument factor, pattero patina, portrait-metering, round-bump, terracotta

Head of a Balding Man; Asia Minor; about 240; Marble; 25.5 × 22.5 × 23 cm (10 1,16 × 8 7,8 × 9 1,16 in.)

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

Marble statue of Antinous, height 180 cm, from temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece, detail, head

Portrait bust of the philosopher Polemon. Pentelic marble. Found in Olympieion, Athens.

ADRIANO-EMPERADOR ROMANO-76/138 DC -REFORMADOR POLITICO Y SOCIAL-ESCULTURA ROMANA. Location: MUSEO CAPITOLINO. Rome. ITALIA. ADRIANO. PUBLIO ELIO ADRIANO.

Illustration showing Hannibal Barca (247 - 181 BC); Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history

Florentine or Neapolitan 16th Century, Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, c 1560 1600 Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo

Marble Bust of The emperor Augustus 2 A.D.

Marble portrait of a man ca. A.D. 117-161 Roman This striking young man wears the short beard that became popular in Rome during the early second century A.D. The subtle contrast between his casually arranged hair and polished skin and the use of a drill to indicate the pupils of his eyes impart a liveliness that is typical of the best Antonine portraits.. Marble portrait of a man 249051

Emperor Nero, AD 64-68 ITALY.

Italy, Florence, Signoria Square, Fountain of Neptune, detail

Detail from the Colossus of Constantine, an acrolithic statue that once occupied the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome. Portions of this colossal statue (A head, arm, knee and hand.) of Emperor Constantine now reside in the Palazzo dei Conservatori. Carved from white marble. Circa 312-315 AD.

Bust of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (also known as Scipio the Elder, 235 - 183 B.C.), marble, republican age

Marble head of a bearded man 2nd century A.D. Roman Copy of a Greek statue of the 4th century B.C.Since eight other Roman copies of this Greek portrait type are known, it probably represents a famous figure. Although there is no evidence for identification, somescholars have suggested that the original statue portrayed the Athenian lawgiver Solon, one of the Seven Sages famed in antiquity for practical wisdom. This head is one of the most sensitive and crisp likenesses in the Metropolitans collection of Roman copies of Greek portraits.. Marble head of a bearded man 256175

A Roman bust adorning Villa Monastero, Varenna, Lombardy, Italy, 19th-20th century.

Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus) (272-337). Roman Emperor from 306-337. Know for being the first roman emperor to convert to christianity. Head of Constantine's colossal statue. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Limestone bust of Hairan, son of Marion from Palmyra, Syria, c150-200. Artist: Unknown

DETALLE DE LA ESTATUA DEL RIO TIGRIS. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-GALERIA DE LAS ESTATUAS. VATICANO.

Lazio Roma Frascati Villa Borghese6. 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.

Bust of Germanicus. Unknown A.D. 20-40 The stately bust in white marble, complete and with the neck unbroken, is of a young man, with his head turned to the right. Large open eyes without carved irises or pupils; a strong, moderately aquiline nose; a small yet fleshy mouth with protruding upper lip; and smooth cheeks converging into a pointed, energetic chin characterize the mans face. His hair is composed of crescent- and s-shaped curls, leaving the ears uncovered and forming a seemingly casual fringe of locks that fall halfway down his forehead. Long sideburns merge into a continuous chin beard, while the rest of the face appears cleanshaven or too young for the onset of facial hair. In the back, the hair reaches deep down the neck. Below the pronounced larynx, two Venus rings are incised around the neck. The naked bust is of semicircular cut, reaching down to above the sternum and out to the distal ends of the clavicles. The bust depicts the young Germanicus before the depositio bar

Augustus (61 BC-14 AD) as Pontifex Maximus. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Marble statue. Roman National Museum. Rome. Italy.

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