Classical Busts

Engravings of notable historical figures represented as busts, showcasing detailed sculptural work and classical attire from different eras.

NUMA POMPILIUS the second king of Rome, according to legend Date: 715 - 673 BC
NUMA POMPILIUS the second king of Rome, according to legend Date: 715 - 673 BC
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Theophrastus, 372 BC, 287 BC Greek philosopher and naturalist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Bust of a Classical philosopher, Severo Calzetta da Ravenna, c. 1505 - c. 1525 The man keeps the lifted head a little to the left, carries mustache and beard and a band around the curly hair. A classic gown hangs over the shoulders, the two ends of which are held together on the right shoulder. Padua bronze (metal) The man keeps the lifted head a little to the left, carries mustache and beard and a band around the curly hair. A classic gown hangs over the shoulders, the two ends of which are held together on the right shoulder. Padua bronze (metal)
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Plato .
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Hesiod (born before 700 BC, probably in Ascra in Boeotia) was a Greek poet who lived as a farmer and herder. Hesiod's works, along with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, are the main sources for our current knowledge of Greek mythology. Colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825. Historical, digital reproduction.
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Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax" was Roman emperor from 235 to 238 AD. His father was an accountant in the governor's office and sprang from ancestors who were Carpi, a people whom Diocletian would eventually drive from their ancient abode and transfer to Pannonia.This illustration is of the bust housed in the Louvre Museum.
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HOMERO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. HOMERO SIGLO VIII AC.
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France, Force, Personification of Force, recto - stamped, Bust of a man. Numbered upper right outside plate edge: PL. IV. P. 124., print, book illustration, prints, height 186 mm, width 142 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1799, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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DETALLE DE LA CABEZA DEL SARCOFAGO ANTROPOIDE MASCULINO FENICIO - SIGLO V AC - PROCEDENTE DE PUNTA DE VACA. Location: MUSEO DE CADIZ-ARQUEOLOGIA. SPAIN.
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MARCUS PORCIUS CATO (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, known as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Maior (the Elder). Date: 234 - 149 BC
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Roman senator seated on a chair, ancient Rome. In white toga with maroon sandals in the Curia Julia or senate house. Senateur Romain. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Lantique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.
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Gaius Julius Caesar (ca. 100-44 B.C.). Roman statesman, general, and writer. Portrait in "Personajes Ilustres", 1875. Color.
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Head of study of a great man.
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HERACLITO. FILOSOFO GRIEGO. 540-480 AC. GRABADO RETRATO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE MADRID.
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Aristomacho. a Greek painter or sculptor of unknown date. from the book Crabbe's Historical Dictionary. 1825. Historical. colored. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original
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Socrates (470 - 399 BC) Athenian philosopher
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Thales from Milet, born around 624 BC BC, died around 546 BC BC pre -Socratic Greek philosopher from Milet. One of the seven wise Greece. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
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Anne de Montmorency, First Duchess of Montmorency 1493, 1567 Soldier and Marshal of France 1522. Constable of France 1538. From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary, published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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The statue of Augustus in the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original print from the 19th century, Europe
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Ludovico Ariosto, 1474 -1533. Italian poet. After a 16th century engraving from Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878
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Friedrich Bernard Christian Maassen (1823-1900). German jurist, professor of law, and Roman Catholic scholar. Engraving. Colored.
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Socrates (439-399 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Early 20th century chromolithograph
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Portrait Head of a Man. Unknown
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Head detail of bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 B.C.), Roman statesman, scholar and writer, marble
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. Portrait bust of the artist Johannes Lutma de Oude, at the age of 85.
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Photograph showing Rembrandt's painting 'St. Bartholomew' which was sent to the Duveen Brothers establishment, New York, in 1912. Date: 1912
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 236/235-183 BC. Roman general and later consul. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.
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Demosthenes, 384 to 322 BC, Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens, colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, historical, digital reproduction.
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SAINT PIERRE Octave Tassaert (1800-1874). Saint Pierre. Charcoal on cream paper, nineteenth century.
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Ancient World Germanic people portrait of a Germanic man wood engraving 19th century after ancient bust,