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Marble portrait of alexander.
Marble portrait of alexander the great 2nd 1st century bce said to be from alexandria egypt.
Altes museum berlin germany.
The drooping of the head onto the shoulder and its slight backward inclination the great mane of hair rising from the middle of the forehead.
The head was cut to fit into a separately made body.
230 235 roman the young emperor severus alexander r.
Roman marble copy after a greek original from around 340 bc.
British museum london united kingdom.
Ceracchi also created many replicas in both marble and plaster.
This portrait of alexander the great in the erbach type named after the best copy in schloss erbach germany was found in madytos thrace turkey.
This head was found during the excavations of the lower agora of pergamon.
The back of the head has been worked to receive the remainder of the hair which was probably made of another material such as stucco or plaster.
This life size head said to have been found in megara was part of a multi figured group which probably served as a funerary monument for a courtier who wanted to associate.
The surface is in good condition with only minor abrasions.
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The bust was later used as a model for sculptures and paintings.
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Marble portrait of alexander the great youthful image of the conqueror king hellenistic greek.
Alexander the great 356.
Marble portrait of alexander the great 199 1.
The macedonian king who defeated his persian colleague darius iii codomannus and conquered the achaemenid empire during his campaigns alexander visited a o.
222 235 is wearing a toga contabulata with a large overfold sinus across the chest and a diagonal fold extending over the left shoulder and down the back.
It seems that it had fallen there from one of the buildings on the higher city the head reveals all of the characteristic features of the sculpted heads of alexander the great.
Marble portrait head of alexander the great.
Alexander hamilton is a marble bust portrait of alexander hamilton done in the style of a roman senator by the italian sculptor giuseppe ceracchi.
Egypt babylonia persis media bactria the punjab and the valley of the indus in the second half of his reign he had to find a way to rule his newly conquered countries.
370 300 b c who created the standard alexander portrait type.