Sujet

Portrait of Hephaistion; Head of a Youth, about 320 B.C. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Portrait of Hephaistion; Head of a Youth, about 320 B.C. Additional Info: The son of a noble Macedonian family, Hephaistion was the beloved companion of Alexander the Great. Together since boyhood, Hephaistion fought alongside Alexander as he created his great empire. When Hephaistion died in Persia in 324 B.C., Alexander mourned him extravagantly. He was given a royal funeral and Alexander ordered the cities of Greece to worship Hephaistion as a hero. This head of Hephaistion, broken from a full-length statue, was originally part of a multi-figured group, which might have depicted a sacrificial scene.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_309

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

114,2Mo (5,4Mo) / 46,9cm x 61,0cm / 5545 x 7200 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe close up people male man men head historical stone arts country sculpture art guy color damage damaged marble ancient Greece hair military location century expression bust antiquity image general hairstyle studio shot concept close-up closeup curly hair antiquities facial expression hairdo hairdressing Colour Macedonia Macedonian nobility aristocracy aristocrat Ancient Greece Blank Expression Ancient Greek history historic 4th century BC nobleman TGN Hephaestion sculpture young man young men Unknown marble Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon Iskander Iskandar grey background Alexander III of Macedonia King of Macedonia Heritage Art Male portrait Hephaistion