Demosthenes, Altemps Inv8581

Palazzo Altemps (Museo Nazionale Romano), Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Copy of Polyeuktos (Lysippean school)

Portrait of Demosthenes. Marble, Roman copy after a bronze Greek from the 3rd century BC; some modern additions: cloak and breastplate, usually used for portraits of emperors.
Dimensions Unspecified

Credit line Former Cesi Collection (?); Ludovisi Collection

Accession number Inv. 8581
Location Ground floor

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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