Portrait Bust of Menander, 25 B.C.-A.D. 50. Creator: Unknown.

Portrait Bust of Menander, 25 B.C.-A.D. 50. Creator: Unknown.

3-037-206 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Portrait Bust of Menander, 25 B.C.-A.D. 50. Additional Info: A Greek inscription on the base of this bust identifies the figure as Menander (about 342-291 B.C.). The portrait, which depicts a clean-shaven, lean-faced man with high cheekbones and a tall, rectangular forehead, is one of more than sixty surviving Roman portraits of the Athenian playwright. All of these appear to derive from a common source, and stylistic features indicate that the model was the head of a statue of Menander made by Kephisodotos the Younger and his brother Timarchos (both active about 340-290 B.C.), sons of the famous Greek sculptor Praxiteles (active 375-340 B.C.). The original statue, now lost, once stood in the Theater of Dionysos in Athens. It was commissioned at the time of his death, and his plays continued to be staged at Athens in revivals.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. Kephisodotos the Younger and Timarchos: Greek: artists, sculptors
Subject
  1. Menander: Greek, Athenian: Playwright

Medium
  1. Bronze

Picture Type
  1. Male portrait
  2. Sculpture

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3883x4960
File Size : 56,425kb


Aliases

  1. 72.AB.108
  1. 103SWA
  1. 1200001843
  1. 3-037-206
  1. 3037206
  1. 72.AB.108

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