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Portrait Bust of Menander, 25 B.C.-A.D. 50. Creator: Unknown.

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Portrait Bust of Menander, 25 B.C.-A.D. 50. Additional Info: A Greek inscription on the base of this bust identifies the figure as Menander (about 342-291 B.C.). The portrait, which depicts a clean-shaven, lean-faced man with high cheekbones and a tall, rectangular forehead, is one of more than sixty surviving Roman portraits of the Athenian playwright. All of these appear to derive from a common source, and stylistic features indicate that the model was the head of a statue of Menander made by Kephisodotos the Younger and his brother Timarchos (both active about 340-290 B.C.), sons of the famous Greek sculptor Praxiteles (active 375-340 B.C.). The original statue, now lost, once stood in the Theater of Dionysos in Athens. It was commissioned at the time of his death, and his plays continued to be staged at Athens in revivals.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_325

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NA

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,1Mo (1,7Mo) / 32,9cm x 42,0cm / 3883 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait Italy people male face job man men head arts country Rome metal body bodies sculpture bronze art guy occupation color Classical archaeology ancient Greek Greece Roman Athens location century archaeological profession bust literature archeology writer Colour author playwright Athenian 1st century 1st century BC 3rd century BC 4th century BC dramatist TGN sculpture Unknown bronze 1st century AD Menander Heritage Art Male portrait Kephisodotos the Younger and Timarchos Timarchos and Kephisodotos the Younger