Portrait of Julius Caesar
Fine-grained crystalline marble.
Inv. No. 124466.Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo AltempsPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Portrait of Julius Caesar.
Fine-grained crystalline marble.
Inv. No. 124466.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Altemps).
Origin:
From the Mattei collection.
Description:
The head set on a skinny neck with a visible Adam’s apple has iconographic features similar to those of the most famous portraits of Julius Caesar as a mature man. Portraits of Caesar may be classified in three different periods: contemporary, Augustan and Trajanic. The Mattei portrait has been assigned to the second group but has also been considered a modern forgery of an ancient portrait.
Credits:
© 2010. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
© 2010. Text: museum information materials.
© 2010. Text: museum information materials.
Keywords: απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt of a man male maschile uomo männliches mann masculin un homme porträtbüste portraitkopf roman romana römisches romain romano römischer δικτάτορα γάιος ιούλιος καίσαρ dictator gaius julius caesar caius iulius dittatore gaio giulio cesare diktator cäsar dictateur jules césar γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό romani römisch römische römischen romaine romains romaines προτομή bust busto büste buste κεφάλι κεφαλή head testa kopf tête marble marmo marmor marbre μάρμαρο fine-grained grana fine feinkristalliner feinkörniger à grain fin λεπτό λεπτόκοκκο from the mattei collection collezione sammlung inv no 124466
