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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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Marble bust of Herodotos
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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/matériel:
Marble, Island ?
Période:
imperial
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Emplacement:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorisations:
Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:
3202 x 4268 px | 39.1 MB
Taille d'impression:
27.1 x 36.1 cm | 10.7 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)
Mots clés:
MARBRE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PIERRE MARBRE • PIERRE • ROC • ROCHE • ROCHER • ROMAN EMPIRE