Sophocles
Marble.
Roman copy of the end of the 1st century CE of a Greek original ca. 406 BCE.
Height 40 cm. Inv. No. 604.Copenhagen, New Carlsberg GlyptotekPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

Sophocles.

Marble.
Roman copy of the end of the 1st century CE of a Greek original ca. 406 BCE.
Height 40 cm.
Inv. No. 604.

Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek
(København, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek).

Origin:
Acquired in 1899 from Rome, through the mediation of Helbig.
Description:

11. The tragic poet Sophocles.

The present portrait of Sophocles is of the Farnese type, of which there are known to be about forty copies. The determination of Sophocles as being the subject of this portrait type has been ensured through an inscription upon a similar portrait in the Vatican. The original has been dated from shortly after the dramatic poet’s death in 406 B.C. up until the Hellenistic period. The more recent dating seems to be more plausible. Due to the present condition of the copy, it has been difficult to determine precisely when it was fabricated. Nevertheless, in all probability, the copy dates from the end of the 1st cent. A.D.

I. N. 604.
Head.
Marble. H. 0.40 m.

The surface of the nose has suffered extreme weathering. The right eyebrow and small sections of the beard have been damaged, and they are missing.
Acquired in 1899 from Rome, through the mediation of Helbig.

F. Johansen
Literature:
F. Poulsen 1951, Cat. 414. V. Poulsen 1954, Cat. 9. H. Weber, Gnomon 27 (1955) p. 448. Richter, Portraits, I, 127, fig. 661—663. Voutiras, Studien, 122 ff., 133.
Credits:
(сс) 2008. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
© 1992. Description: F. Johansen. Greek portraits: catalogue. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1992, p. 40, cat. no. 11.
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