Unknown Roman. (Gaius Julius Caesar?)
White marble with large crystals, probably Thasian.7 BCE — 14 CE.
Height 0.27 m. Inv. No. 78.AA.266.Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu
Unknown Roman. (Gaius Julius Caesar?)
White marble with large crystals, probably Thasian.
7 BCE — 14 CE.
Height 0.27 m.
7 BCE — 14 CE.
Height 0.27 m.
Inv. No. 78.AA.266.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
Origin:
Said to have been found in Asia Minor.
Description:
The so-called McLendon Caesar in the Getty Museum has been dated as Augustan. It has been said that the head is a replica “of the only portrait representing Julius Caesar made during his life-time”, which would mean that the head should have something to do with the Tusculum portrait and be a free variant of the Castello d’Aglie-Tusculum portrait, but the head is that of a nameless private individual.
Literature:
K. P. Erhart et al., Roman Portraits: Aspects of Self and Society, First Century B. C. — Third Century A. D. кат. выст. (Santa Cruz, University of California, и Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1980), No. 2.
J. Frel, Roman Portraits in the J. Paul Getty Museum, ex. cat. (Tulsa Oklahoma, Philbrook Art Center, и Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1981), p. 16—17, No. 5.
J. Chamay, J. Frel and J.-L. Maier, Le Monde des Césars, ex. cat. (Geneva, Musée d’Art et d’histoire, 1982), p. 47.
J. Frel, Roman Portraits in the J. Paul Getty Museum, ex. cat. (Tulsa Oklahoma, Philbrook Art Center, и Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1981), p. 16—
J. Chamay, J. Frel and J.-L. Maier, Le Monde des Césars, ex. cat. (Geneva, Musée d’Art et d’histoire, 1982), p. 47.
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. 39, 40.
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt of a man unknown head julio-claudian dynasty dinastia giulio-claudia julii-claudii dictator gaius julius caesar gaio giulio cesare cäsar g108 caius iulius 266 inv no 78 aa
