Pseudo-Seneca

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Photo by John Bentham.
Pseudo-Seneca
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Date19th century
MediumCast bronze with inlay on marble base
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 9 × 11 in. (45.7 × 22.9 × 27.9 cm) Base: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hugh Jamison, Class of 1941
Object number2023.10.73
On view
DescriptionBronze copy of a late first century BCE bronze Roman copy of a Greek original. The Roman bronze was uncovered at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum in 1754. It now resides in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN). The Roman bronze copy was initially identified as Seneca the Younger, but most scholars now agree that it is a ficticious portrait, perhaps of either Aristophanes or Hesiod. This copy features inlay for eyes (possibly ivory) and a stone pedestal base (possibly marble).

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