Bust of Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula)

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Photo by John Bentham.
Bust of Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula)
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (Italian, 1842 – 1881)
Datemid 19th-late 19th century
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 17 × 11 1/4 × 9 in. (43.2 × 28.6 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hugh Jamison, Class of 1941
Object number2023.10.83
On view
DescriptionMarble bust depicting Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, also known as Caligula. Likely a 19th century copy of an ancient Roman original.

Additional Details

Signature Back of plinth: "P. Bazzanti"
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze with inlay on marble base
Object number: 2023.10.73
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 2nd century CE
Medium: Marble
Object number: 1986.7.1
Frontal view, Professional. Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 2nd century CE
Medium: Marble
Object number: 1986.7.2
Photo by John Bentham.
Hiram Powers
Date: 1867-70
Medium: Marble
Object number: 1869.2
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze on ebonized wood base
Object number: 2023.10.78
Photograph by John Bentham.
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1913
Medium: Seravazza and Sicilian marble
Object number: 2005.6.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1913-1914
Medium: Seravezza and Sicilian marble
Object number: 2005.6.1
Jupiter as the Bull
Donald De Lue
Date: 1931, cast 1986
Medium: Bronze on marble base
Object number: 2020.11.3
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Date: c. 200-30 BCE
Medium: Parian marble
Object number: 1929.125
Photo by John Bentham.
Fausta V. Mengarini
Date: 1934
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1985.15
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.80
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev
Date: c. 1893-1904 CE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.74