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Marble bust of Herodotos

Marble bust of Herodotos. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Copy of a Greek bronze statue of the first half of the fourth century B.C. Herodotos (ca. 484-424 B.C.) of Halikarnassos achieved fame in his lifetime for his Histories, which chronicle the Greek wars with Persia in the first quarter of the fifth century B.C. and the years surrounding those momentous events. His most brilliant and original accomplishment was his conception of a narrative that interweaves local traditions in a span of more than seventy years and encompasses much of the world known to the ancient Greeks through fact and fiction. Cicero called him the father of history. This work is one of numerous extant Roman copies that stem from a Greek statue, probably of the first half of the fourth century B.C. Portraits of Herodotos also appear on Roman bronze coins from Halikarnassos.
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Title:
Marble bust of Herodotos
Caption:
Marble bust of Herodotos. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Copy of a Greek bronze statue of the first half of the fourth century B.C. Herodotos (ca. 484-424 B.C.) of Halikarnassos achieved fame in his lifetime for his Histories, which chronicle the Greek wars with Persia in the first quarter of the fifth century B.C. and the years surrounding those momentous events. His most brilliant and original accomplishment was his conception of a narrative that interweaves local traditions in a span of more than seventy years and encompasses much of the world known to the ancient Greeks through fact and fiction. Cicero called him the father of history. This work is one of numerous extant Roman copies that stem from a Greek statue, probably of the first half of the fourth century B.C. Portraits of Herodotos also appear on Roman bronze coins from Halikarnassos.
Technique/material:
Marble, Island ?
Period:
imperial
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Location:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3202 x 4268 px | 39.1 MB
Print size:
27.1 x 36.1 cm | 10.7 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
BUSTS • FIGURES • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • IMPERIAL • MARBLE • MARBLE, ISLAND ? • MARBRE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • ROCK • ROCKY • ROMAN EMPIRE • SCULPTURE • STONE SCULPTURE • STONE • STONES