Gaius Julius Caesar?
Greek white marble, coloured with ochre and patinated.The time of Augustus (27 BCE — 14 CE).
Total height 0,33 m. Height of the head 0,22 m. Sparta, Archaeological Museum
Gaius Julius Caesar?
Greek white marble, coloured with ochre and patinated.
The time of Augustus (27 BCE — 14 CE).
Total height 0,33 m. Height of the head 0,22 m.
The time of Augustus (27 BCE — 14 CE).
Total height 0,33 m. Height of the head 0,22 m.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
Origin:
Sparta.
Description:
The portrait has drill holes in the forehead, probably for fastening a crown.
Literature:
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 42, pl. 26.
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.
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