Portrait of Euripedes, Farnese type
Portrait of Euripedes, Farnese type
3D
Published 2019-09-20T11:56:35+00:00
This is a cast of a bust of Euripides from the Farnese collection in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. This work gives its name to the Farnese portrait type of Euripides known from thirty or so copies. Euripides has longish, wavy hair, thinning at the front and falling in narrow locks on his high forehead. His beard is full and bushy. The playwright's gaze is cast subtly down and his nose has a prominent hump at the top of the bridge. His thin lips are pressed closed|a slight overbite is apparent. Drapery hangs from the left shoulder.
Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom a significant number of plays have survived
| Date published | 20/09/2019 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Portrait of Euripedes, Farnese type |
| Date | 4th century BC |
| Accession | KAS 620 |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Original: National Archaeological Museum, Naples |
| Record | http://collection.smk.dk/#/detail/KAS620 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst |
