Gaius Julius Caesar?
Fragment of the statue. Greek marble.Total height 0,44 m. Height of the face 0,25 m. Inv. No. 1811.Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek
Gaius Julius Caesar?
Fragment of the statue. Greek marble.
Total height 0,44 m. Height of the face 0,25 m.
Total height 0,44 m. Height of the face 0,25 m.
Inv. No. 1811.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek
(København, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek).
Origin:
Portrait from Venice which came from the Palazzo Giustiniani-Recanati. Around 1600 it belonged to Federico Contarini, who was procurator in San Marco.
Description:
This fragmentary statue is an independent Caesar portrait type made in the early Julio-Claudian period. It is of Greek marble and was probably made in Greece.
Literature:
V. Poulsen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: Les Portraits Romains, vol. 1 (Copenhagen, 1962; 2nd ed., Copenhagen, 1973), p. 61, No. 30, fig. 43—45.
K. Vierneisel and P. Zanker, Bildnisse des Augustus (Munich, 1979), 8, 5.
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 42, pl. 25.
P. Zanker, «Das Bildnis des M. Holconius Rufus» AA, 1981, p. 357, n. 27.
K. Vierneisel and P. Zanker, Bildnisse des Augustus (Munich, 1979), 8, 5.
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 42, pl. 25.
P. Zanker, «Das Bildnis des M. Holconius Rufus» AA, 1981, p. 357, n. 27.
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. 29, 34.
Keywords: απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt roman romana römisches romain γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό romano romani römisch römische römischen römischer romaine romains romaines man uomo mann homme δικτάτορα γάιος ιούλιος καίσαρ dictator gaius julius caesar caius iulius dittatore gaio giulio cesare diktator cäsar dictateur jules césar marble male lucius cornelius sulla felix lucio cornelio silla sylla cornelii cat no 598 inv 1811
