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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
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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Additional Details
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.80
Hugh Hanara
Date: 2005
Medium: Carved Rimu wood with pāua shell inlay
Object number: 2024.4
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.72
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze on ebonized wood base
Object number: 2023.10.78
Dr. Francesco Antommarchi
Date: modeled 1821, cast 1833
Medium: Bronze
Object number: INV.417
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo
Date: c. 1759-60
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Object number: 2017.19
Vassili Yacovlevitch Grachev
Date: c. 1893-1904 CE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.74
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.892