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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE ALEXANDER THE GREAT AS HELIOS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted armed in a cuirass tied with a cingulum and fitted with protective pteryges at the shoulders and waist, the hem of his tunic extending below, wearing high open-toe boots and a mantle draped over his left shoulder, holding an orb in his left hand, his right raised in salute, a radiate crown in his upturned wavy hair, his gaze turned upward and to his right
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted armed in a cuirass tied with a cingulum and fitted with protective pteryges at the shoulders and waist, the hem of his tunic extending below, wearing high open-toe boots and a mantle draped over his left shoulder, holding an orb in his left hand, his right raised in salute, a radiate crown in his upturned wavy hair, his gaze turned upward and to his right
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Robin Symes, London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (God and Mortals, no. 89).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (God and Mortals, no. 89).
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 88-54.
C.C. Vermeule, "Roman Provincial Coins III: The Statues in the Temples and Shrines," The Celator, vol. 18, no. 3, March 2004, fig. 3.
C.C. Vermeule, "Roman Provincial Coins III: The Statues in the Temples and Shrines," The Celator, vol. 18, no. 3, March 2004, fig. 3.
Exhibited
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.