Male portrait on an ancient bust, called Caesar
Male portrait on an ancient bust, called Caesar
3D
Published 2022-08-24T14:02:35+00:00
A male portrait head is set on an irrelevant antique bust with lorica and cloak. The absorbed and meditative expression distinguishes the face of a mature man, with slightly sunken eyes, wrinkles at the base of the nose and on the balding forehead. The portrait, from the Giustiniani Collection, is similar to the portrait of Julius Caesar of the Chiaramonti type. However, individual characteristics move him away from this identification: the head made more squared off, the expression less determined and the hair that does not present the typical arrangement of the locks of the Chiaramonti model.
It is rather a private portrait made by an Italic workshop around the first century. BC, with commemorative or honorary purposes.
| Date published | 24/08/2022 |
| Title | Male portrait on an ancient bust, called Caesar |
| Date | Republican age |
| Accession | MT 512 |
| Period | Republican age |
| Medium | White marble |
| Place | Torlonia Collection |
