Portrait of Aeschylus
Bronze. Late 16th—early 17th centuries (?).Renaissance reproduction of a Roman copy of the Flavian age of a Greek original (?). Inv. No. 1644.Florence, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Portrait of Aeschylus.
Bronze. Late 16th—early 17th centuries (?).
Renaissance reproduction of a Roman copy of the Flavian age of a Greek original (?).
Renaissance reproduction of a Roman copy of the Flavian age of a Greek original (?).
Inv. No. 1644.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum
(Firenze, Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze).
Origin:
Found in 1722 in the waters of Meloria off the coast of Livorno.
Description:
This portrait bust was found in 1722 in the waters of Meloria off the coast of Livorno, along with another three (of Homer, Sophocles and a still unidentified personage). Deemed ancient by most of the experts and considered to be bronze replicas from the Flavian period of Greek originals of different epochs, the busts have recently been identified as Renaissance reproductions of Roman copies, of which they repeat even the modern restoration.
Literature:
G. Richter, Portraits of the Greeks I (1965) 122 Nr. 5.
M.-G. Picozzi, RIA Ser. III, 18, 19951 ff. Abb. 40 f.
M.-G. Picozzi, RIA Ser. III, 18, 19951 ff. Abb. 40 f.
Credits:
(сс) 2006. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
© 2006. Text: Esposito A. M., Giudotti M. C. Firenze Musei. National Archaeological Museum. GIUNTI, Firenze, 2006, p. 58.
© 2006. Text: Esposito A. M., Giudotti M. C. Firenze Musei. National Archaeological Museum. GIUNTI, Firenze, 2006, p. 58.
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