Classical Marble Busts

A collection of historical marble busts showcasing notable figures from ancient Greece and Rome, characterized by detailed facial features and elaborate drapery.

Demosthenes. ca. 230BC. Roman copy of a Greek bust. Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Capitoline Museums.

Demosthenes. ca. 230BC. Roman copy of a Greek bust. Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Capitoline Museums.

Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the Younger) (331-278 BC). Greek philosopher. Bust. Epicurean School. Roman copy of 1st century after a greek original of 3rd century BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Conrad of Montferrat (d. 1192). King of Jerusalem. Marble. Herm by G. Gaggini, 1840-1848.

Aeschines (389-314 BC). Greek statesman and one of the ten Attics orators. Bust. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture found in Bitolia. British Museum, London, England.

Roman civilization, Marble bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius

Fictile bust of Zeus, from Erice, Sicily, Italy. Magna Graecia civilization, 5th century BC.

Homer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Modern copy of a hellenistic original dated between 200-150 BC. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Herm of a rhetor. From Herculaneum, Villa of the Payri. Marble. Roman copy after a Hellenistic original.

Septimius Severus (145-211) or Severus. Roman emperor from 193 to 211. Marble bust from Alexandria, Egypt. British Museum. London, United Kingdom.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman emperor. Bust. Marble. Unknown artist. National Gallery. Oslo. Norway.

Busto de Antonino Pio (Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus), siglo II. Museo de Historia de Barcelona. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona.

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

Marble head of a Greek General. Roman, Imperial period, 1st-2nd century A.D. Copy of a Greek bronze statue of the mid-4th century BC. This powerful portrayal of a man of action belongs to a type popular in Roman times.

Greek Art. Hellenistic. Marble head of a god, probably Zeus. 3rd or 2nd century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.

Statue of Serapis, Greco- Egyptian God of the Underworld. Artist: Unknown

Gaius Fulvius Plautianus (150-250 AD). Member of the Roman gens Fulvia. Prefect Commander of the Praetorian Guard and friend of Roman Emperor Lucius Septimus Severus. Bust. Marble. Vatican Museums. Pio-Clementine Museum.

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

Marble Bust of Emperor Lucius Verus 161 A.D.

Head of God Endovelicus. 1st century. Archaeological Museum of Lisbon. Portugal.

Plato (c428-c348 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Portrait bust

Marble head of Emperor Diocletian (284-305 a.d.), from Izmit (ancient Nicomedia), Turkey

Sophocles (495-406 BC.) Marble head from 1st century AD. Farnese-type. Roman copy of a Greek original of the 4th century BC. Naples museum.

BUSTO DE ANTONINO PIO (86-161) - EMPERADOR ROMANO. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.

Greek Mythology. Zeus of Otricoli. Marble bust. Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century. Restored in 1783 by Giovanni Pierantoni. He added the bust, neck and back of the head that it must originally been part of the colossal cultic statue showing Zeus seated on a throne. Pio-Clementino Museum. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

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

Portrait Bust of a Bearded Man. Unknown

Portrait of a Man, perhaps Periander; Roman Empire; 1st - 2nd century; Marble; 24 × 17 × 23.5 cm (9 7,16 × 6 11,16 × 9 1,4 in.)

Marble head of a man from a grave stele ca. 325 B.C. Greek, Attic Marble head of a mature man broken off at the neck. His ovoid face is framed by short, curly hair and a bushy beard.. Marble head of a man from a grave stele 256323

Bust sculpture at Villa d'Este in Tivoli near Rome, Italy, Europe, commissioned and built by Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, the son of Lucrezia Borgia and the grandson of Pope Alexander V

ANTONINO PIO (TITO AURELIO FULVIO) - 86/161. Location: Museum of History of Barcelona. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Roman Emperor from 161-180. Five Good Emperors. Dynasty Antonine. Marble, 170-181. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (86-161). Roman emperor (183-161). Fourth of the Five Good Emperors. Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Portrait bust of the emperor Antoninus Pius. Side detail. Museum of the Ancient Agora. Athens, Greece.

Demosthenes (384-322 BC) Athenian orator and statesman. Portrait bust

Sophocles (c496-405 BC) Athenian writer of tragedies. Great figure in Ancient Greek drama. Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles.

Hermes stone carving statue in Archaeological Museum of Delos, Delos, Mykonos, Greece

Aristotle (384 BCE 322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics.

Gaius Fulvius Plautianus (150-250 AD). Member of the Roman gens Fulvia. Prefect Commander of the Praetorian Guard and friend of Roman Emperor Lucius Septimus Severus. Bust. Marble. Vatican Museums. Pio-Clementine Museum.

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

Statue d'Esculape trouvée à Épidaure , Antiquities, Sculpture, Gods, Asklepios Greek deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

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.

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

Busto de Hermes. Museu de Terrasa.

Portrait Bust of Solon. Unknown

Marble portrait bust from Roman Britain. Dated 2nd Century

Antoninus Pius (86-161 AD). Roman emperor (138-161AD). Marble head , about 161AD. Farnese collection. Archaeological Museum, Naples.

Clodius Albinus (150-197). Roman usurper who was proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Hispania after the murder of Pertinax. Bust. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

'Portrait of a Poet (the so-called Seneca)'. Italy, Late 18th century. Dimensions: height: 60,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Hermes stone carving statue in Archaeological Museum of Delos, Delos, Mykonos, Greece

Europe, Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum

Roman Emperor Septimius Severus. Marble, 200-206. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Terracotta head of Dionysos 1st century B.C. Greek or Roman Dionysos, god of wine and the pleasures it can bring, was extremely popular during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Greek kings who ruled the lands conquered by Alexander the Great took him as patron deity, and the Romans, impressed by the luxury and wealth of those kingdoms, filled their private villas with images of the god. Dionysos could be shown either as an elderly bearded man, the perfect drinking companion, or as a beautiful youth.. Terracotta head of Dionysos. Greek or Roman. 1st century B.C.. Terracotta. Late Hellenistic or Late Republican. Terracottas

Serapis (Vatican) , Antiquities, Sculpture, Gods, Serapis Egyptian deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Hercules Farnese, National Archaeological Museum (museo archeologico nazionale) Naples, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum, circa 1st century A.D.

The Neptune (Biancone) fountain with snow during winter time, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy, UNESCO World Heritage Site

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

Geta (189-211). Roman emperor who ruled with his father Septimius Severus and his brother Caracalla. Bust. National Roman Museum. Palazzo Altemps. Rome. Italy.

Head of a Boxer from Olympia. 340 BC. Theogenes of Thasos , GREECE.

Roman statue of a reclining sea god, Cortile della Pigna. Vatican, Rome, Italy

Aurelius Antoninus Pius, late 1400s. Gregorio di Lorenzo (Italian). Marble; overall: 50.5 x 34 x 13 cm (19 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.).

England,Oxfordshire,Oxford,Oxford University,The Sheldonian Theatre,Statue depicting either an Apostle or Emperor

Homère , Sculpture, Antiquities, Poets, Homer. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

HOMER Blind Greek poet Date: 9th - 8th Century BC

Portrait plaque of the writer Charles Dickens in relief, circa 1885. In Birminghams historic town hall.

Statue of Neptun in the park of the Versailles Castle, France

Terracotta head of a bearded god, perhaps Zeus 2nd century B.C. Cypriot Head of a deity, mold-made, including the headdress, and solid.. Terracotta head of a bearded god, perhaps Zeus 241084

Hypereides (Hyperides), lawyer and politician (389-322 BC). Roman copy of a Greek original of a 3rd Cent. BC. Carlsber Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

Socrates (470/469-399 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. Bust of Socrates. 1st century BC, Italy (). Marbre. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Statue, Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy

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

Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, 24 January 76, 10 July 138, was the fourteenth Roman Emperor, Historical, digi...

Portrait of Xanthippos; Rome, Lazio, Italy; 1st - 2nd century; Marble; 40 cm (15 3,4 in.)

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.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows by Antonio Begarelli (1499-1565), Modena, c 1530, terracotta. This impressive bust was originally part of a full-length statue of the Risen Christ, which showed his wounds. Such monumental and realistic portrayals in terracotta were a speciality of Antonio Begarelli, who was considered one of the most important sculptors of his time in this medium.

Spain, Andalusia, Seville, Museo de Bellas Artes, San Jeronimo penitente, by Pedro Torrigiano

Jordan, Petra. The ancient trading city of Petra built up its riches through the spice trade and absorbed numerous Greek and Roman influences as this statue illustrates.

Kleineh, Oscar, Plaster bust of a man, academy practice, 1867, drawing, 47.5 cm x 33.5 cm

CID, EL (RODRIGO DIAZ VIVAR) CABALLERO CASTELLANO. 1043-1099 ESCULTURA EN EL ARCO DE SANTA MARIA DE BURGOS.

Austria, Vienna, Statues of the Greek historian, Polybius, and Athena on the right, in front of Parliament.

Pythagoras. Greek Philosopher. Greek statue.

Hadrian Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus, Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian is known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia.

Portrait Herm of a Greek Poet. Unknown

Moses, marble statue by Michelangelo, tomb of Pope Julius II, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

This image is from 1897 and is a copy of a bust of Herodotus (his name in the Greek alphabet below). Herodotus (c. 484 - c. 425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire. He is known for having written the book The Histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars.

Moses, marble statue by Michelangelo, tomb of Pope Julius II, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

White gypsum copy of ancient statue of Lucius Seneca head for artists on a dark textured background. Seneca 4 BC-65 AD Roman stoic philosopher, statesman and tutor to the future Emperor Nero.. Gypsum copy of ancient statue Seneca head on dark textured background. Plaster sculpture man face.

Bust of German Emperor William I, Kurpark spa gardens, Baden-Baden, Black Forest mountain range, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bronze statuette of Jupiter 2nd half of 2nd century A.D. Roman The standing Jupiter is nude except for a mantle that is draped over his left shoulder, around the hips, and across the left forearm. He raises his right arm as if to hold a tall scepter. His left hand, extended at hip level, grasped another now missing attribute. The god turns his head slightly to the viewer's right. The facial features and the hair and beard are carefully modeled and are accentuated with cold work after casting. From thigh level downward, the figure has been fused, apparently by intense heat.. Bronze statuette of Jupiter. Roman. 2nd half of 2nd century A.D.. Bronze. Mid-Imperial. Bronzes

Michel de L'Hospital (1507-1573). French statesman. Statue by Louis Pierre Deseine (1749-1822). Facade National Assembly. Paris. France. Author: Louis-Ernest Barrias.

Buste van Jupiter, Anonymous, 1851 - c. 1900 photograph Vatican CITY cardboard. paper albumen print monument, statue Vatican Museums

Museum of Fine Arts. Noah; 15 th century. Burgundy. Lyon. France.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Head of St. Paul. By Guillem Solevilla (). Calcareous stone. 1391. Portico of th Apostles. Seu Vella of Lleida (Old Cathedral of Lleida). Diocesan and Comarcal Lleida Museum, Catalonia, Spain.

Colossal statue of a bearded man with laurel wreath. Probably a priest. Limestone. Sculpted in Cyprus between 500-480 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Punic civilization, Terracotta statuette of god Baal Hammon on the throne from Thinissut, Tunisia, 4th century b.c.

Figures, Sculptures and other Historical Exhibits, Old Museum on Pleasure Garden, Berlin, Germany 102092632

Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Testa della Statua di Eschine. (Scultura antica.) , Antiquities, Sculpture, Politicians, Aeschines. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Sculpture in the Electoral Palace, background blue sky, portrait format

Busto di Marzio - Museo Barracco , Antiquities, Sculpture, Gods, Mars Roman deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

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