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Title
Herod
Atticus
,
front
view
.
Date
160 [CE]?
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Imperial (Roman)
Antonine
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Statues
Effigies
Funerary sculpture
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Portraits
Busts
Philosophers
Men (male humans)
Costume (mode of fashion)
Tunics
Himations
Drapery (representations)
Subject
Sculpture
Effigies
Portraits
Men
Philosophers
People associated with education & communication
Clothing & dress
Beards
Mustaches
Description
"This
effigy
of the
august
man
of
letters
was
inspired
by
portraits
of
Greek
philosophers
from the
fourth
and
third
centuries
B.C
., but
it
remains
true
to the
art
of the
Antonine
portrait
in its
attempts
to
convey
sensitivity
and
individuality
. The
deeply
meditative
,
modest
position
of the
head
,
which
is
slightly
tilted
and
turned
to the
right
,
reproduces
that of the
Demosthenes
that
could
be
seen
on the
Athenian
Agora
in the
second
century
A.D
.
[…]
The
model
wears
a
tunic
glimpsed
beneath
the
himation
draped
over
his
shoulders
.
Despite
the
broken
nose
and
spall
above
the
left
eyebrow
, the
face
has not
lost
any of its
vivacity
.
Accentuated
by
prominent
cheekbones
and
wrinkles
etched
across
the
forehead
, the
bust's
pronounced
features
betray
its
sponsor's
age
.
Elongated
eyes
look
out
from
beneath
the
protruding
arch
of the
eyebrows
. The
iris
is
simply
engraved
,
while
the
pupil
is
hollowed
with a
drill
and
partially
covered
by the
upper
eyelid
. The
treatment
of the
hair
and the
beard
along
the
jaw
line
combine
naturalism
with a
light
touch
in the
rendering
of the
wavy
curls
and
is
reminiscent
of
portraits
of the
classical
era
.
[…]
From this
point
of
view
, the
portrait
of
Herod
Atticus
is
significantly
different
from
contemporary
imperial
models
,
including
those of the
same
provenance
attributed
to the
same
sculptor
. This
difference
in
style
can
easily
be
ascribed
to the
social
status
of the
model
,
which
would
allow
the
sculptor
more
or
less
room
for
personal
expression
. In this
case
, the
bust's
formal
qualities
correspond
to the
grandeur
of the
man
depicted.
"
(Excerpt
from
catalogue
entry
by
Cecile
Giroire
,
p
.
194)
.
Discovered
by
Fauvel
in a
tomb
in
Probalinthos
(Attica
,
Greece)
,
1789
.
Purchased
in
1865
,
formerly
in the
Choiseul
collection
and the
Pourtalès
collection
(1814-65)
(MA
1164-INV
.
NIII
2536)
.
Restorers
:
P
.
Jallet
and A.
Liégey
,
2006
.
Material
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 24 3/4 in (63 cm)
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Portraits
Busts
Repository
Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source
Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.[195], cat.125).
Rights
Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
762-26.jpg
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