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Summary

Object

1st century BC bust of unknown citizen wikidata:Q64392204 reasonator:Q64392204
Artist
Unknown author Unknown author Edit this at Wikidata
Title
1st century BC bust of unknown citizen
label QS:Lfr,"Inconnu"
label QS:Len,"1st century BC bust of unknown citizen"
Object type statue Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Français : Exposition au Grand Palais "Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome" (19 mars 2014-13 juillet 2014) Milieu du Ier siècle av. JC. Marbre pentélique
Italiano: Testa di Marco Licinio Crasso . Marmo pentelico, altezza cm 26. Rinvenuto in Italia, databile attorno alla metà del I secolo a.C. Appartenente alla collezione Albani, venne acquistato dal Museo del Louvre di Parigi nel 1801 (inv. Ma 1220).
English: A bust of an unknown citizen in the realist republican tradition.

The bust has previously been thought to be Emperor Galba and alternatively as Lucius Calpurnius Piso or Crassus , however these identifications remain speculative and debatable. The academic consensus is that the date is late Republican (1st C. BC).

Refer to:

  • John Pollini, From Republic to Empire: Rhetoric, Religion, and Power in the Visual Culture (Norman OK, 2012) p. 50. ISBN 9780806188164
  • Wolf-Rüdiger Megow, Republikanische Bildnis-Typen (Frankfurt, 2005) p. 75 ISBN 9783631530412

The bust is in the Louvre collection and the catalogue entry states:

Français :
Inconnu
Environs de l'ère chrétienne
Marbre
H. : 26 cm.
Ce portrait dont il existe plusieurs copies antiques fut identifié successivement comme la représentation de l'empereur Galba (68 - 69 après J.-C.) et celle du pontife Lucius Calpurnius Piso. Il s'agit d'un simple citoyen dont les traits rendus avec réalisme prouvent le maintien de la tradition républicaine à l'époque impériale dans le portrait privé.
Ancienne Collection Albani
Saisie napoléonienne ; racheté en 1815
Département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines	
Inventaire MR 510
(n° usuel Ma 1220)
Date 6 April 2014, 13:25
Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 26 cm (10.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 22 cm (8.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; thickness: 23.5 cm (9.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+26U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+22U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+23.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Accession number
Place of creation Italy Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Italy Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
References Louvre Museum ARK ID : 010252339 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file

Photograph

Source Crassus
Author Gautier Poupeau from Paris, France
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Camera location 48° 52′ 00.84″ N, 2° 18′ 45.64″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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