Gaius Julius Caesar
White marble. Time of Augustus.Total height 0,52 m. Height of the head 0,26 m. Inv. No. 713.Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of the Busts, 122
Gaius Julius Caesar.
White marble. Time of Augustus.
Total height 0,52 m. Height of the head 0,26 m.
Total height 0,52 m. Height of the head 0,26 m.
Inv. No. 713.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gallery of the Busts, 122
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Sala dei busti, 122).
Origin:
Unknown. Formerly — Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti, no. 107.
Description:
The bust is of white marble.The nose, neck, breast and chin are modern. The surface of the face has been cleaned, and the mouth has been recut. In the right ear is a deeply drilled hole. The head is a copy, probably Augustan, of a bronze original that can be dated to the reign of Augustus.
Literature:
J. J. Bernoulli, Römische Ikonographie, т. 1 (Stuttgart, 1882), p. 156, No. 6 and p. 174, No. 6.
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 25, pl. 1.
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 25, pl. 1.
Credits:
© 1987. Photo, text: Johansen F. S. «Portraits in Marble of Gaius Julius Caesar: a Review». Ancient Portraits in the J. Paul Getti Museum. Vol I. 1987, p. 17—18.
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