Alexander The Great Marble Portrait. Head of alexander the great made of pentelic marble. Marble portrait of alexander the great 199 1. Formerly in the cabinet of the chevalier d azara spanish ambassador to rome then in france.
Begins with large sculpture portraits of the major hellenistic rulers found in the. Portrait of alexander the great 356 323 bc called hermes azara roman imperial 1st 2nd century ad provenance.
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Clay marble jewelry glass and so on. Ancient literary sources say that he let only one sculptor carve his portrait. A marble head believed to be a portrait of alexander the great and dated to the 2nd century bc has recently been rediscovered in the storerooms of the veria archaeological museum. Literary sources tell us though perhaps not reliably that alexander reigned 336 323 bc chose only a few artists to produce his image and famous names such as the sculptor lysippos and the painter apelles were associated with his portraiture.
