Sujet

Cast of bust of Pseudo-Seneca or Hesiod, (19th century?). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of bust of Pseudo-Seneca or Hesiod, (19th century?). This is a cast of a bust often referred to as Pseudo-Seneca. This portrait was originally identfied as representing Seneca but now is thought to probably be a posthumous portrait of Hesiod. The original bust was thought to be a Roman copy of a lost Greek bronze of c200 BCE. There are however almost forty different versions of this bust, many of which were discovered in and around Naples.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A44_465

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

142.3Mo (5.9Mo) / 51.3cm x 69.5cm / 6059 x 8208 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy people male man men arts country Rome shape sculpture art guy British beard color Roman location century Britain bust bearded cast mould facial hair mold Plaster Cast Colour 19th century Ancient Roman Ancient Rome nineteenth century portrait object sculpture Unknown 19th-century Royal Academy of Arts