Hellenistic Busts of Historical Figures

Collection of Hellenistic marble busts depicting various individuals, showcasing intricate hairstyles and classical styles, primarily from the 1st century BC.

Nero (37-68) Roman emperor from 54. Marble bust.

Bust of Empress Livia, wife of Augustus. Found during the excavations Butrint theater in 1928. Dated in the last quarter of I century b.C. Ruins of Butrint Museum. Republic of Albania.

Demetrius I of Macedon (ca.337-283 BC). King of Macedon. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of the 1st century AD after a greek original of the 3rd century BC. Rectangular peristyle. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

GREEK ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Bust of woman. Herculaneum type. Located during the excavations in Butrint Theater in 1928. Copy of a Hellenistic original, dated in the first half of I century BC. Ruins of Butrint Museum.

Portrait of a man wearing a wreath of ivy leaves and berries. Hellenistic, 1st century BC. Portraits of male private citizens during the Hellenistic period invariably followed those of royal individuals.

retrato de Agrippina Maior, nieta del emperador Augusto, siglo I, Museo-Centro de Interpretación del parque arqueológico de Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Poppaea (30-65 AD). Roman empress, wife of Nero. Julio-Claudian dynasty. Bust. 58-65 AD. Marble. From Medina Sidonia (Cadiz province, Andalusia, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Head of a Goddess (possiblyHera), probably 2nd century A.D., Marble, fairly small crystal, 57.9 × 31.75 × 31.75 cm (22 13/16 × 12 1/2 × 12 1/2in.), Roman, Roman, Sculpture

Nero (37-68) Roman emperor from 54. Marble bust.

The head from a Roman statue of a victorious young athlete. 1st century AD. Remade from a Greek original of about 430 BC. The athlete shown tying a ribbon around his head showing his victory in competition.

portrait of Agrippina the minor, El Cumbrillar, Villalba de Alcor, 1st century AD, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

'Head of a Youth'. Roman copy from a Greek original. Ancient Rome, 1st century. Dimensions: h. 34 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Poppaea Sabina (30-65). Roman empress from 63 to 64. Nero's Wife and member of Juli-Claudia dynasty.National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Greece, Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Archeological Museum, bust of a young man, 2nd century AD

Bust of a Young Man 2nd Century A.D.

Trajan. Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Marble. Early 2nd century. Bust. Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Bust of Gallienus, 3rd century. Artist: Unknown

Marble Head of Hera. Found in the Argive Heraion. It belongs to the cult statue of the goddess or to a statue from the West pediment of the temple of Hera. Argive work, associated with the school of Polykleitos, circa 420 BC.

Cypriot sculpture in Greek style 350-250 BC. male head in local Hellenistic tradition

head of Aphrodite, marble,Roman Hispania, Valladolid Museum, Community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

portrait of Agrippina the minor portrait of Agrippina the minor, El Cumbrillar, Villalba de Alcor, 1st century AD, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21720797

Tunisia, Tunis, Carthage, Byrsa Hill, Musee de Carthage, Roman-era sculpture detail

CAYO JULIO CESAR (100/44 AC). Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-MUSEO PIO CLEMENTINO. VATICANO.

Italy - Veneto Region - Possagno - Canova Temple - Head of Canova

Head of Apollo. Marble, roman copy (2nd C AD) after the so-called Lycian Apollo, attributed to Praxiteles (4th C BC). National Roman Museum. Palace Massimo. Rome. Italy. Author: Pythokritos of Lindos.

Marble bust of Faustina the Younger (125/130-175) or his daughter Lucilla (148/150-182). 162-170 AD. From Cyrene, North Africa. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Roman civilization, Marble head of Claudius wearing civic crown of oak leaves from Roselle, Augusteum, Tuscany region, Italy, detail, 1st century a.d.

Inconnue. Marble statue

Marble head of Hera or Juno, Copy from Greek original by Polykleitos

Julia Agrippina, (Agrippina Minor); (AD 14 59). Roman Empress, 1st Century AD; Barcelona; Spain. Julia Agrippina, (Agrippina Minor); (AD 14 5 was a Roman Empress. great-granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of the Emperor Tiberius, sister of the Emperor Caligula, niece and fourth wife of the Emperor Claudius, and mother of the Emperor Nero.

Tanit, busto femenino importado de Sicília, 400-300 a.C, Museo arqueológico de Ibiza y Formentera, Patrimonio de la Humanidad «Ibiza, biodiversidad y cultura», Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Menander (ca.342-ca.292 BC). Greek dramatist, representative of the athenian New Comedy. Roman copy of a Greek original. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

portrait of Agrippina Maior portrait of Agrippina Maior Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23026174

Head of Augustus, first half of 1st century. Artist: Unknown

Head of an Egyptian Qeen or Goddess. Marble face. 2nd century BC. probably Alexandria.

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 23005166

Rome Altar of Peace of Augustus 33808

Apollo. Head. Marble. 120-140 AD. From Palace of Justinian, Rome. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Marble statue of Gaston d'Orleans, (1608-1660), known as Gaston of France, third son of King Henry IV of France 17th century. Dated 17th century

Italy, Rome, Capitoline Museum, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Horti Lamiani, head of Dionysus, pentelic marble

Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) 356-323 BC. Greek contemporary bust showing Alexander as a boy. Athens Museum

portrait of Agrippina Maior, granddaughter of the emperor Augusto, 1st century, Museum-Interpretation Center of the archaeological park of Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Bust of Nero, Roman Emperor AD54-68, in crown and chestplate, c1st century. Artist: Unknown.

Head of a female statue, marble. Found in the area of Vromousa, in Chalkis. Roman copy of a 5th century BC original.

Young Hercules. Marble bust (2nd century AD.) copy from a Greek original of 4th century BC. National Archaeological Museum,Naples.

Marble bust of Emperor Commodus

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

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Possibly Lady Georgiana Bingham, carved c 1821 1824 Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, 1770 - 1844), Possibly Lady Georgiana Bingham, model 1816 and/or 1817/1818, carved c. 1821/1824, Carrara marble, Patrons' Permanent Fund 2011.101.3

Constantine I, The Great (272-337). Roman Emperor. Marble portrait head. Ca. 325-370. Late Imperial. Constantinian period. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.

Tanit goddess, Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins, originally from Sicily, 400-300 BC, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain.

Marble head of Cleopatra VII, Roman civilization, 50-30 b.c.

Roman Art. Aphrodite. Goddess of love and beauty. Bust. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark.

Penelope. Marble head from Rome. 2nd century AD. Part of an original bust. NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

Magna Graecia. Greeks. Acrolith. Head. 480 BC. Luduvisi Collection. Altemps Palace. National Museum of Rome. Italy.

Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869), said Dantan the young. Hermès bust of composer Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Patinated plaster, terracotta, 1838. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Bust, composer, french, hermes, patina patina, terracotta

turkey, Antique Museum Istanbul Archeological

Female head of the Aphrodite of Cnidus type, Roman imperial era. Provenance: unknown. Copy of Praxiteles. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Järnefelt, Eero, work name: Feruccio Busoni, ca. 1916, pencil, drawing, 33 cm x 27.5 cm, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

Head of Venus, 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

'Portrait of a Man'. Italy, Late 18th century. Dimensions: height: 83,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Marble head of a Ptolemaic ruler. Found in the temple of Apollo at Cyrene in Libya. Dated 1st Century BC

Head of the discus bearer. 50 AD. Marble from Thasos. Roman copy of a bronze original.

Portrait of a Greek youth. White marble sculpture, C. 200 AD. from Nicomedia, Asia Minor. NY Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark.

GREECE, Ionian Islands, KEFALONIA, Kokolata: Greek Lawn Ornament Statue Showplace, Bust of Apollo

Portrait Head of a Young Woman, 400-350 BCE, 10 1/2 x 7 x 8 in. (26.67 x 17.78 x 20.32 cm) (head)8 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (21.59 x 18.42 x 14.61 cm) (base), Terracotta, Italy, 4th century BCE

Marble portrait bust of a man. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm). Date: mid-3rd century A.D..The alert, asymmetrical gaze, deeply drilled eyes, and full hair of this imposing figure suggest that the bust dates to the reign of the emperor Gallienus (A.D. 253-268). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roman work. River deity, part of a fountain. 2nd century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

The Via Labicana statue of Caesar Augustus as Pontifex Maximus. Statue. 1st Century B C. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Marble . Emperor in the role of chief priest. Roman National Museum (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme). Rome. Italy.

1st century AD head of the Roman Emperor Trajan. Trajan (53 - 117 AD) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 AD.

Marble portrait of Matidia Minor ca. A.D. 138-161 Roman This head originally belonged to an honorary portrait statue of Mindia Matidia, or Matidia Minor (A.D. 85-162), half-sister of Sabina, wife of the emperor Hadrian, and aunt of the emperor Antoninus Pius. There exist five other replicas of this portrait type, recognized by a recently discovered statue of Matidia Minor from the Roman theater at Suessa Aurunca, a Campanian town of which she was a major benefactor. As is common with members of the imperial family, she is portrayed with an idealized, youthful face, and styling a complex coiffure that includes a hairpiece in the shape of braids coiled on top of her head. Her upward gaze is characteristic of many portraits from the Antonine period onward.. Marble portrait of Matidia Minor 251061 Roman, Marble portrait of Matidia Minor, ca. A.D. 138161, Marble, H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1921 (21.88.35)

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

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.

Portrait of a Man, Probably Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, first Earl Granville (1773-1846), Joseph Nollekens, 1737-1823, British, 1810, Marble, Overall: 29 inches (73.7 cm), diplomat, drape, earl, man, portrait, statesman

CAESAR, Gaius Julius (101-44 BC). Roman general and statesman. He governed as a dictator. Roman art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology.

Statue with the attached head of roman emperor Tiberius (42 BC-37AD). Marble. 41-54 AD. Detail.Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti.

Dionysus (Bacchus). God of wine. Head of Dionysus. 1st and 2nd centuries AD. From Mértola, Beja district, Portugal. National Archaeology Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Marble bust of head with cap, Ganymede, Museo Palatino, Palatino, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Marble head of Alexander the Great, height 37 cm, Probably from Alexandria, Egypt

Head of a Matron. Unknown

Portrait of roman emperor Domitian (51-96). Flavian dynasty. Museum Kircherian. Domitian era. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Mask of a man with hair combed forward and a mantle A.D. 2nd century, early Roman Period The plaster masks derive from pharaonic traditions, in which the mask served as a substitute for the head of the deceased and as a means of elevating him or her to immortal status. The derivation is often reflected in paintings and texts located on the mantle surrounding the head. For example, on the mantle across the top of this man's head is a winged element, either a sun disk or a scarab.Like the painted mummy portraits, the masks suggest strongly individualized appearances and affect Roman fashions in hairstyle, jewelry, and dress. They follow, however, a somewhat different pattern. For example, female masks may have coiffures that combine Roman arrangements of the upper part of the hair with long corkscrew locks that were considered typically Egyptian. Despite the seeming individuality of the masks, most faces were made in a mold. Distinguishing details were worked in the plaster with a spatul

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.

Caligula, Gaius Julius Caesar (12-41 AD). Roman emperor (37-41 AD) marble bust portrait. Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Denmark.

Valerian (193/195/200 Ð 260 or 264), also known as Valerian the Elder. Roman Emperor from 253 to 260.. Bust. Marble. Head from a colossal statue probably from Asia Minor. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Roman Emperor Commodus 161-192 AD as a boy ruled AD 176-192 marble bust. Museum: Capitoline Museum, Roma, ITALIA. MARCO AURELIO CÓMODO.

Marble head of Emperor Augustus (27 b.c.-14 a.d.), from Pergamon, Turkey

Bronze portrait head of the emperor Gaius (Caligula) ca. A.D. 37-41 Roman Gaius, more commonly known by his ancient nickname Caligula (Little Boots), was the first emperor to be assassinated. His uncle and successor, Claudius, had his statues and portraits removed from public view. Many were reworked as portraits of Augustus or of Claudius. It also seems that smaller, personal images of Caligula were deliberately thrown away after his murder; several have been recovered from the River Tiber in Rome.. Bronze portrait head of the emperor Gaius (Caligula) 251821 Roman, Bronze portrait head of the emperor Gaius (Caligula), ca. A.D. 3741, Bronze, H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.78.35)

'Votive Head of a Man'. Etruria, late 4th-3rd century BC. Dimensions: height: 31,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Marcellus set in a modern bust by Guglielmo della Porta. Augustan era (23 BC-AD 14). National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Rome Altar of Peace of Augustus 33803

Marble statue of Androcles, founder of Ephesus, from Ephesus, Turkey, detail

Bust of Pompey (106 BC-48BC). Military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Artemis. Bronze statue attributed to the Greek sculptor Euphranor. Mid-4th century BC. Detail. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Greece.

Nero (37 AD-68 AD). Roman Emperor from 54-68. Statue of infant Nero in toga, with bulla, holding a scroll. Ca. 50 AD. Marble. Louvre, Paris, France.

Auguste Rodin, Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs John W Simpson), 1902 1903 Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson)

Marble portrait of a man ca. A.D. 100 Roman 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.. Marble portrait of a man 251520 Roman, Marble portrait of a man, ca. A.D. 100, Marble, H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.97.93)

Head of a Statue of a Hellenistic Ruler. Unknown

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

Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bonn, Akademisches Kunstmuseum, replicas of Greek and Roman statues from antiquity

Statue of Antinoos, Delphi Museum, Delphi, Greece

'Kew Gardens Hermes'. Statue of Hermes, the patron god of the gymnasium. Roman, 1st century AD copy of a Greek original from 330-300 BC.

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