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Young Flavian Woman
Description:The portrait is of a young woman and is made of white marble. It is a bust-length styled portrait meaning that the portrait only extends to about shoulder length. The bust features drapery on the woman’s shoulder indicating that her body…
VMFA Caligula
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Caligula stands upright in contrapposto, putting most of his weight on his left foot, while his right foot trails behind. On his feet, he wears the calcei patricii, intricate leather-bound shoes, which indicate his lofty social status.…
Caligula stands upright in contrapposto, putting most of his weight on his left foot, while his right foot trails behind. On his feet, he wears the calcei patricii, intricate leather-bound shoes, which indicate his lofty social status.…
Tutankhamun on a Lotus
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The bust presents a young Tutankhamun from the neck up, perched on a blue lotus, blossoming from a blue base. Tutankhamun is portrayed with features characteristic of the Amarna style: an elongated skull, full lips, a fleshy face and…
The bust presents a young Tutankhamun from the neck up, perched on a blue lotus, blossoming from a blue base. Tutankhamun is portrayed with features characteristic of the Amarna style: an elongated skull, full lips, a fleshy face and…
The "European"
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This mummy portrait depicts a young woman using the encaustic technique. The shape of the panel mimics the sensitively rendered portrait as it is narrow at the head and wider at the shoulders. The woman’s face, with its light, pearly…
This mummy portrait depicts a young woman using the encaustic technique. The shape of the panel mimics the sensitively rendered portrait as it is narrow at the head and wider at the shoulders. The woman’s face, with its light, pearly…
Tetrarch Pair
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The statue features four figures, all very stout and bulky. The figures are very block like, differing from the previous idealized Greco-Roman works. The figures are stiff and ridged, with a simply cut linear form that is strictly…
The statue features four figures, all very stout and bulky. The figures are very block like, differing from the previous idealized Greco-Roman works. The figures are stiff and ridged, with a simply cut linear form that is strictly…
Standing Demosthenes
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Demosthenes stands with his right foot advanced, his body leaning forward, and his head turned slightly downward. He wears traditional Greek clothing with a himation that falls in delicately rendered folds wrapped around his body. He is…
Demosthenes stands with his right foot advanced, his body leaning forward, and his head turned slightly downward. He wears traditional Greek clothing with a himation that falls in delicately rendered folds wrapped around his body. He is…
Standing Aeschines
Description: The life-size portrait of Aeschines represents the orator wearing a chiton, himation, and sandals. The statue is depicted standing in a characteristic pose; it seems relaxed, but carefully composed. He is standing in contrapposto with…
Severan Family Tondo
Description: This tondo depicts Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Septimius Severus, three of the four members of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire. Their other son, Geta, was at one point also depicted on this tondo, but his face has been scrubbed…
Senwosret III as a Sphinx
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The portrait of “Senwosret III as a Sphinx” depicts the 12th Dynasty ruler with the body of a lion and the head of a human. He wears the royal nemes headdress, carefully incised with thin lines to create a pleated effect, and a false…
The portrait of “Senwosret III as a Sphinx” depicts the 12th Dynasty ruler with the body of a lion and the head of a human. He wears the royal nemes headdress, carefully incised with thin lines to create a pleated effect, and a false…
Seneb and Family
Description: The statue group is composed of four limestone figures (2 men and 2 women) and a limestone block. The larger man and woman are sitting on the block and the children are standing/leaning on the block. The limestone is polychromatic,…