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Classical Portraiture of Ancient Figures

Busts and sculptures of renowned ancient figures like Alexander the Great and Augustus, showcasing classic styles in marble and detailed craftsmanship.

Italy, Rome, Musei Capitolini. Marble busts belonging to the museum's collection.
Italy, Rome, Musei Capitolini. Marble busts belonging to the museum's collection.
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Aeschylus (c525-c456 BC) Ancient Greek tragedian. Father of Greek tragedy. Portrait bust
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Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869) said Dantan the young. Bust of the German composer Giacomo Liebmann Beer, known as Meyerbeer (1791-1864). Patinated plaster, terracotta. Signed and dated below in Senestre: "Dantan I 1832". 1832. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Bust, German composer, musician, pattero patina, terracotta
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Italy, Florence, Signoria Square, Fountain of Neptune, detail
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Geta (189-211). Roman emperor who ruled with his father Septimius Severus and his brother Caracalla. Bust. National Roman Museum. Palazzo Altemps. Rome. Italy.
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Head of Vespasianus, Classical Antiquities
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Terracotta proteome or bust of the god Dionysus Greek 380-360 BC. The god holds an egg and a wine jug.
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Lazio Latina Terracina Museo Archeologico59. 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.
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Algeria, Head of the Roman Emperor Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus, 9 A.D. - 79 A.D.), Flavian dynasty, imperial age, marble
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France, Arles, Provence, Place de la Republique fountain detail
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ESTATUA DE MARCO AURELIO (121-180). Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA. MARCO AURELIO EMPERADOR.
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Marble head of a herm. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 10in. (36.8 x 21.6 x 25.4cm). Date: 1st or 2nd century A.D..Copy of a Greek work of the late 5th century B.C. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Statue collection of classical model, Naples, Italy
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Europe, Greece, Cyclades, Delos. Delos Archaeological Museum, artifacts found on Delos. (Editorial Usage Only)
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Frederic Marès / Retrato de Jaume Pahissa, 1917, mármol, 56 X 41 X 32 cm., MFM 3066. Museu Frederic Marès.
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'Bust of Emperor Nicholas I'. Germany, First half of the 19th century. Dimensions: h. 49 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Roman art. Bust of a woman. About 80 AD. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.
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Hammurabi. Bronze head. Babylonian.
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Tsar Alexander I bust; Koenigliche Porcellain Fabrique, Meissen (1710-1763), Rauch, Christian Daniel (1777-1857); 1 W.XIX century (1818-00-00-1830-00-00);
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The diorite Head of Hammurabi, artefact from Susa or Shush, Iran. Babylonian civilisation, 2nd Millennium BC.
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Marble bust of Lucius Aelius Caesar (101-138) the father of Emperor Lucius Verus
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Marble herm. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Overall: 19 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 12 in. (50.2 x 32.4 x 30.5 cm). Date: 1st or 2nd century A.D..Copy of a Greek work of the late 5th century B.C. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Bust, Rudolf Diesel, engineer, Ruhmeshalle, Hall of Fame, Theresienwiese, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Greek Art. Hellenistic. Boxer of Quirinal or the Terme Boxer. Bronze sculpture of the Hellenistic period (1st century B.C.). Boxer sitting at rest, with metal and leather dressings used for combat. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. italy.
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Prince Joseph Anthony Poniatowski, Marshal of France ca. 1810 Italian The lateral break, darkened by the shellac used to adhere it to a glass backing, does not diminish the force or freshness of this slightly asymmetrical portrait of the valorous Polish prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (1763-1813), a commander in Napoleons army who was named marshal of France just before he died protecting the armys retreat after the Battle of Leipzig.. Prince Joseph Anthony Poniatowski, Marshal of France 198603
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Bronze statue of the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar at Caesar's Forum, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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Marble bust of Ptolemy IV Philopator (244 BC - 204 BC) fourth Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
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Stone carving of agraffe on a keystone archway rescued from a demolished building and now in Guild park Toronto Ontario Canada
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Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Bust. Found at Piazza Venezia. 1st. century. Pentelic marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.
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Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869) said Dantan the young. Hermès bust of the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Patinated plaster, terracotta, 1838. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Bust, Italian composer, Hermes, musician, pattero patina, terracotta
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Head of a statue on a column on the facade of the portico of the glory Head of a statue on a column on the facade of the portico of fame
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Lucius Marcius Septimus. Roman soldier, 3rd century BC (Republican era) who participated in the Second Punic War in Hispania. Drawing by Llanta (fl.1866-1872). Lithography. Later colouration. Cronica General de Espaa, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Catalonia. 1866.
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ISOCRATES 436-338 AC-ORADOR ATENIENSE. Author: LEOCHARES O LEOCARES (S IV AC). Location: VILLA ALBANI. Rome. ITALIA.
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Italy: Painting of Nero Caesar (37-68 CE), 5th Roman Emperor, oil on canvas by Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen (Flemish, 1575-1632), 1618. Currently displayed in the Castle of Caputh, Germany
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'Portrait of Michelangelo'. Italy, 19th century. Dimensions: h. 55 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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King Henri IV statue. King of France.
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Stone theater mask inside castle Bodrum, Turkey
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Satan head made of marble, useful for Satanic concept
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Head as a detail on a historic fountain in Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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Ostia Antica. Harbour city of ancient Rome. Theatrical mask . Italy.
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Godfrey of Boillon (1060-1100). Statue. Artists: Polhaimer and Magt, 1533. Cenotasph of Maximilian I. Innsbruck. Austria. Author: HANS POLHAIMER. Leonhart Magt.
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Italy, Lazio, Rome, Centro Storico, Villa Medici, stone head in Villa Medici gardens.
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Bust of Apollo in the ruins of the ancient city of Butrint, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, Butrint, near Saranda, Vlore County, Albania, Europe
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Bliżej Kultury
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Anastasius I (431-518), also known as Anastasius Dicorus, was born into an Illyrian family. After Emperor Zeno's death in 491 CE, many citizens of the empire wanted both a Roman and an Orthodox Christian emperor. In response, Zeno's widow and Emperor Leo I's daughter Ariadne turned to Anastasius, who was in his sixties when he married Ariadne and ascended to the throne. Anastasius soon had to deal with the usurper Longinus, brother of the late Zeno, engaging in the Isaurian War and defeating Longinus in 497. He later fought against the Sassanid Empire in the Anastasian War, the war raging from 502 until 506 when peace was made and the status quo returned to. He also had to contend with invasions by Bulgars and Slavs into the Balkan provinces. Overall, Anastasius' reign was marked for its recognisable accomplishments in terms of bureaucracy and economy. His reforms to taxing, government corruption and new forms of currency resulted in the imperial government being left with a sizable bu
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Bust of the Emperor Charles V., 1500-1558, Wallhalla, Donaustauf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe