Roman copy of the 1st century CE after a Greek original of the 3rd century BCE.
Height 27 cm. Inv. No. 1967.Copenhagen, New Carlsberg GlyptotekPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
The orator, Hypereides.
Roman copy of the 1st century CE after a Greek original of the 3rd century BCE.
Height 27 cm.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek
(København, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek).
27. The orator, Hypereides
In 1913, F. Poulsen identified this bearded, older man as being Hypereides (389—
Original: 3rd cent. B.C. Copy: 1st cent. A.D.
I. N. 1967
Head.
Marble. H. 0.27 m.
The nose is missing. The ears have been partially broken off.
The hewing at the top of the head and at the neck indicates that this head was originally part of a double herm.
This portrait was purchased in 1903 by Hartwig and is said to have been discovered by him, at Parma.
Text: museum inscription to the sculpture.
© 1992. Description: F. Johansen. Greek portraits: catalogue. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1992, p. 72, cat. no. 27.