Portrait of Memnon
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Portrait of Memnon
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Published 2018-03-20T12:56:05+00:00
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This portrait shows Memnon, an Ethiopian pupil and foster-son of Herodes Atticus, who had this and many other portraits set up in his villas. Memnon's African features, like the short curls and full lips, are softened in this depiction, yet still obvious.
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Date de publication | 20/03/2018 |
Complexité | Medium |
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Titre | Portrait of Memnon |
Date | 160-165 AD |
Accession | Sk 1503 |
Période | Roman |
Medium | Marble |
Credit | Donated in 1899 |
Record | http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/home.html |
Localisation | Altes Museum |
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