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'''Image''': Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, no. 40. | '''Image''': Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, no. 40. | ||
'''Object description''': Marble portrait bust of Homer . Roman emulation of Greek portrait (second-century B.C.). The most famous sculptural type of Homer, reproduced by | '''Object description''': Marble portrait bust of Homer . Roman emulation of Greek portrait (second-century B.C.). The most famous sculptural type of Homer, reproduced by Rembrandt, Ingres and Korzhev, among others. | ||
''' | '''Object archaeology''': Unknown. | ||
'''Dimensions''': height 50.5cm. | |||
'''Inscriptions''': None. | '''Inscriptions''': None. |
Revision as of 23:59, 24 June 2014
Image: Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, no. 40.
Object description: Marble portrait bust of Homer . Roman emulation of Greek portrait (second-century B.C.). The most famous sculptural type of Homer, reproduced by Rembrandt, Ingres and Korzhev, among others.
Object archaeology: Unknown.
Dimensions: height 50.5cm.
Inscriptions: None.
Restorations: Nose.
Examples in major collections (after Richter 1965 with updates):
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, no. 04.13.
- Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, I.N. 2818.
- Florence, Museo Archeologico, inv. 1646.
- Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 10341 (half sized and possibly modern)
- London, British Museum, no. 1805,0703.85.
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, E00076.
- Mantua, Palazzo Ducale, no. 75.
- Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, inv. 6023.
- Paris, Louvre, no. Ma 440.
- Potsdam, Sanssouci.
- Princeton, University Art Museum, no. 62.134.
- Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, no. 39.
- Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, no. 40.
- Rome, Musei Capitolini, Stanza dei Filosofi, no. 41.
- Rome, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Geografica, inv. 2890.
- Rome, Villa Albani, inv. 721.
- Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, Schwerin, inv. 1900.
- Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare, Salone Capitolare.
- Wiltshire, Wilton House.
Bibliography
- Boehringer, R. B. and Boehringer, E. 1939. Homer Bildnisse und Nachweise. Breslau. pp. 73-103.
- Dillon, S. 2006. Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture : Contexts, Subjects, and Styles. Cambridge. pp. 116, 125.
- Richter, G. M. A. 1965. The Portraits of the Greeks (vol. 1). London. pp. 50-53.
- Richter, G. M. A. and Smith, R. R. R. 1984. The Portraits of the Greeks. p. 147.
- Schefold, K. and Bayard, A.-C. 1997. Die Bildnisse der Antiken Dichter, Redner und Denker. Basel. pp. 272-73.
- Zanker, P. 1995. The Mask of Socrates : The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity (Shapiro, A., trans.). Berkeley. pp. 166-71.
Relevant guides | Homer: A Guide to Sculptural Types |
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