Ancient Marble Busts

A series of marble busts from the classical era, depicting various figures with intricate hairstyles and expressions, highlighting ancient craftsmanship.

Epicurus (341-271 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Founder of Epicurean school. Portrait bust. Roman copy of lost Greek original of 3rd or 2nd century BC

Zeus-Serapis. 1st-2nd century AD. White marble. Musei Reali. Archaelogical Museum. Turin.

Marble Head from a Hern 425 B.C. Zeus during the high classical period.

Anonymous / 'Greek Intellectual'. 150 - 160. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Clodius Albinus (Decimus Clodius Celonius Septimius Albinus) (147-197). Governor of Britain. Bust. Marble. 193-195 AD. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Herm of Zeus Amun. Amund god Egyptian assimilated with solar divinities. The ram was sacred to him in Greco-Roman representations, with curved horns. 1st century AD. Herculaneum. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Imaginary portrait of the epic poet Homer. Roman copy of a Greek 3rd. century original. Marble.

Epicurus (341-271 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Founder of Epicurean school. Portrait bust. Roman copy of lost Greek original of 3rd or 2nd century BC

Portrait Head of Diogenes. Unknown

Homer (8th century BC) Greek epic poet credited with authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Roman copy of lost Greek bust of 2nd century BC.

Roman Art. Imperial Period. Epicurus (c. 341-270 b.C.). Greek philosopher. Marble head (2nd century a.C.). Copy of a Greek statue of the 1st half of the 3rd century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.

Roman Sculptor / 'Herm of the epic poet Homer'. Third quarter of the I century. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España. Author: TALLER ROMANO.

Barbarian. Bust. 2nd century AD. Marble. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Marble head of Epikouros, Roman, Imperial period, 2nd half century A.D. Copy of a Greek Statue of the 1st half of the 3rd century B.C.

Marble sculpture of a Greek god with a red background.

Epicurus (341-270 BC). Greek philosopher. Bust. Roman copy of a Greek original of 3rd century BC. Louvre Museum. ParIs. France.

Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna, 145-York, 211 AD). Roman emperor (193-211 AD). Severan Dynasty. Bust, alabaster. Capitoline Museums. Rome, Italy.

Sculptural detail of an apostle, 19th century, on the neogothic facade of the Cathedral of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Zeus. Head of a marble statue. Second half of the 2nd century AD. From Gigen (Ulpia Oescus), Pleven region, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Marble head of Herakles. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm). Date: 1st century A.D..Copy of a Greek statue of the second half of the 4th century B.C. attributed to Lysippos.In the statue, the Greek hero Herakles was shown close to exhaustion on completion of the twelve labors set him by Eurystheus, ruler of the Argolid. The contrast between his powerful physique and his weary stance is echoed in this particularly fine rendition of his noble head, which is bowed with fatigue. The statue was copied in many different sizes during the Roman period. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roman Sculptor / 'Blind Homer'. Third quarter of the II century. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España. Author: TALLER ROMANO.

Marble head of Homer, from Greek original of 2nd century b.c. from Rome, Palazzo Caetani

Pericles (495-495 BC). Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age. Bust. Marble. Roman copy after a Greek original from c.430 BC. Vatican Museums. Vatican city.

Head of a Priest or Saint; Unknown; Asia Minor; 5th century; Marble; Object: H: 28.3 x W: 15.5 x D: 21 cm (11 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Marble portrait of the emperor Hadrian (76-138). Roman, Imperial, ca. 150-75. Met. NY. USA.

Entierro de Jesus, siglo XVI. Author: MARTI DIEZ DE LIATZASOLO.

Imitation of the Head of Demosthenes Worked for Insertion into a Statue; Europe (); mid-18th century; Marble; 33 cm (13 in.)

Roman bust probably of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (86-161 AD). Marble. 2nd century AD. Museum of History of the City. Barcelona. Spain.

Portrait of a Bearded Man; Unknown; Pergamon, Asia Minor; 160 - 150 B.C.; Marble; Object: H: 40.7 x W: 25 x D: 31.7 cm (16 x 9 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Anonymous / 'The Emperor Marcus Aurelius'. 161 - 169. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Unfinished Head of Bearded Herakles; 3rd - 2nd century B.C; Marble; 30.5 × 21.5 × 23 cm (12 × 8 7,16 × 9 1,16 in.)

Roman Marble head circa 2nd century AD

Head of Herakles, 3rd-2nd Centuries BC. Greece, Hellenistic period. Bronze filled with lead; overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.).

Bust of Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor, Glyptothek, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Jupiter Ammon, Roman God of sky and thunder. Artist: Unknown.

Septimius Severus (146-211). Roman Emperor of the Severan Dynasty. Bust, early 3rd century. Roman-Germanic Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Incomplete marble statue of sophist, 193-211 a.d., from Ephesus, Turkey, detail

White gypsum copy of ancient statue of John the Baptist head for artists on a dark textured background. Plaster sculpture man face. John baptized Jesus.. Gypsum copy of ancient statue John the Baptist head on dark textured background. Plaster sculpture man face.

Head of Plato (worked for insertion into a statue); Roman Empire; mid-3rd century; Marble, white; 36 cm (14 3,16 in.)

Marble statue of kneeling Gaul, Roman copy of Pergamon school original

Demosthenes (384-322 BC). Political and Athenian orator. Bust. Roman copy of a greek original of 3rd century BC. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany.

Ancient marble bust of a philosopher, Museo Palatino, Palatino, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Roman 3rd century copy of a Greek bust of the philosopher, Chrysippos 281-204 BC

Hermes Propylaios, Roman copy. Original by Alcamenes, Glyptothek, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Roman Art. Spain. Barcelona. Marble bust of a man. 2nd century AD. City History Museum. Barcelona.

Head of Middle-Aged Man. Roman, Egyptian or Syrian, 2nd or 3rd century CE. Sculpture. Basalt

Bust of Zeus, 150-200 AD GREECE.

Boxer at Rest. Hellenistic Greek Sculpture. C. 330 BC. Sitting nude boxer at rest, still wearing caestus. National Museum of Rome. Massimo Palace. Italy. Rome.

Statue Sculpture Bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy

Romano-British bronze head, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown

Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon known as Artemision Bronze, from Cape Artemision, Greece, 5th Century B.C., detail

Portrait bust of co-emperor Lucius Verus (130-169 AD). Antonine period. 161-169 AD. Acqua Traversa, near Rome, Italy. Museum Metropolitan of Art. NY. USA.

Demosthenes (384-332 BC). Greek politician and orator. Bust. Roman copy after a Greek original in bronze by the sculptor Polyeuctos. Found in Italy. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

'Emperor Septimius Severus'. Italy. Venice, First quarter of the 16th century. Dimensions: height: 56,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

UK - England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Philosophers Head outside the Sheldonian Theatre

Old sculpture in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers, Kazanak valley, Kazanlak, Bulgaria, Europe

Head of Mars. Roman. Date: 101 AD-200 AD. Dimensions: 59.2 x 29.5 x 37.8 cm (23 1/3 x 11 5/8 x 14 7/8 in.). Marble. Origin: Roman Empire. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: ANCIENT ROMAN.

Marble Bust of Emperor Pupin 238 B.C.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Bust of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer. Plaster, 1883 (date of the bronze bust of which this plaster is a molding). Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 51263-1 Bust, French writer, man of letters, molding, plaster, portrait, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century

BUSTO EN BRONCE DE PITAGORAS (582/500 AC) FILOSOFO Y MATEMATICO GRIEGO. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.

Hippocrates of Cos (c460-377 or 359 BC) Ancient Greek physician called 'the father of medicine'. Portrait bust. Louvre, Paris.

Portrait of Aristotle; Roman Empire; 1st-2nd century A.D; Hauran Basalt; 27 cm (10 5,8 in.)

Marcus Aurelius marble bust. Museum: Capitoline Museum, Roma, ITALIA.

Head of Thucydides, Roman replica of the original bronze head from the 3rd century B.C., Archaeological Museum, Corfu Town, Corfu Island, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

'Portrait of a Poet (the so-called Seneca)'. Italy, Late 18th century. Dimensions: height: 83,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Bust of Pausanias the Ist. Philosophers' room. Rome, Capitolino museum. Italy. Location: MUSEO CAPITOLINO. Rome. ITALIA. PAUSANIAS S II.

Bust of roman emperor Antoninus Pius (86-161AD). Also known as Antoninus. Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (ca. 244-311). Roman Emperor (284-305). Head with the portrait of Diocletian. From Brest, Pleven region, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Bust of Lucius Verus Aurelius, Roman emperor, Glyptothek, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sculpture1938M158. Homer, 1779-80. Basalt. Fine grained unglazed black stoneware.. Manufacturer: Wedgwood & Bentley.. In 1774 the firm of Oliver & Hoskins supplied Wedgwood with a plaster cast of Homer based on a sculpture in Naples Museum. The bust was reworked by William Hackwood, Wedgwood's modeller.

Fragmentary bronze portrait of the emperor Caracalla. Roman, Severan, ca A.D. 212-217

Socrates (470/469-399 BC). Athenian philosopher. Portrait. Roman copy 2nd century AD after a Greek original from the 4th century BC. From the Quintili Villa on the Vila Appia. Vatican Museums. Vatican city.

Marble and alabaster bust of Aristotle, copy of Greek bronze original by Lysippus

Plaster cast of statue of Moses (original by Michelangelo, (1475 - 1564) an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. Michelangelo completed the sculpture in 1542. Dated 16th Century

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (ca. 244-311). Roman Emperor (284-305). Head with the portrait of Diocletian. From Brest, Pleven region, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Male head ca. 2700-2600 B.C.. Male head 324119

Bronze portrait head of a boxer, found at Olympia. The head of the man is crowned with kotinos, the olive-wreath awarded to victors in the Olympic Games. About 330-320 BC

SAN JERONIMO PENITENTE - DETALLE DE LA CARA - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO - BARRO COCIDO - CONJUNTO Nº 3244. Author: PIETRO TORRIGIANO o TORRIGIANI (1472-1528). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).

Marble bust of Serapis, god of underworld, with kalathos on his head, detail of face, from Alexandria, Serapeum

Head of a King ca. 1230-35 French This noble bearded head of a king is a striking example of the courtly style associated with the reign of Louis IX (1226-70). The elegant curves of the hair and the finely carved lines of the face attest to an artisan of great skill. The head probably belonged to a column figure decorating one of the major Parisian churches.. Head of a King 468219

Italy, Rome, Musei Capitolini. Marble busts belonging to the museum's collection.

Statue of Benvenuto Cellini, Ponte Vecchio, Unesco World Heritage site, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese71. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Büste von Herodot von Halikarnassos, 490-480 v. Chr. um 424 v. war ein antiker griechischer Historiker, Geograph und Ethnologe, Büste in Neapel, Itali...

Head of a King. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (33 x 21.6 x 26 cm)weight: 38lb. (17.2kg). Date: ca. 1180.Analysis of the limestone of this head points to Amiens as a possible origin. Stylistically, it appears to date about half a century earlier than the sculptural works of the great cathedral there. It may be from a major, but as yet unidentified, portal in or near Amiens. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fountain of Neptune (Biancone), Piazza Signoria, Firenze, UNESCO World Heritage site, Tuscany, Italy

Aristotle Roman art

Close up of a male statue, modern copy of a Greek original. Good for museum concepts.

Sculpture1938M158. Homer, 1779-80. Basalt. Fine grained unglazed black stoneware.. Manufacturer: Wedgwood & Bentley.. In 1774 the firm of Oliver & Hoskins supplied Wedgwood with a plaster cast of Homer based on a sculpture in Naples Museum. The bust was reworked by William Hackwood, Wedgwood's modeller.

Moses. 1513-1515. Statue by Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Marble. San Pietro in Vincoli Church. Rome. Italy.

Statue; ivory; 1915-27-9

marble in old historical construction italy europe milan and statue

TERRACOTA DE CLAUDE DEBUSSY - SIGLO XX. Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France. CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918).

Mask modern Roman . Mask. Roman . modern. Marble. Stone Sculpture

Bust of a Stoic (possibly Kleanthos), Roman, after a Greek original of c280 BC. Artist: Unknown

Germany, Berlin, Altes Museum, Head of an old centaur

Thomas Fenton 1878, cast 1897-98 Olin Levi Warner American Little is known about the subject of this portrait. Fenton possesses sharp, handsome features well suited to Warner's solid modeling style. His head and neck are crisply delineated against the plain background, giving the portrait greater dimension. This medallion is one of a large group presented by Warner's friends after his untimely death.. Thomas Fenton. Olin Levi Warner (American, West Suffield, Connecticut 1844-1896 New York). American. 1878, cast 1897-98. Bronze

Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale73. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Pietro in Vincoli5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of central nave, apse fresco, throne. Detail views of Michelangelo's Moses. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Portrait head of philosopher 4th century B.C. Greek. Portrait head of philosopher 255445

Heraclitus of Ephesus (535-475 BC). Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Portrait head. Bronze. From Herculaneum. Villa of the Papry. Roman copy of early Hellenistic original. Rome. Italy.

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