Evgeny Zhivago
Marble head of Gaius Caesar, about 2 BC - AD 4
Roman, about 2 BC -AD 4.
From Italy
Gaius Julius Caesar (20 BC – 21 February AD 4) was the eldest son of Julia the Elder (Augustus' daughter) and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (his deputy). He was born between 14 August and 13 September 20 BC or according to other sources in 23 September 20 BC with the name Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa, but when he was adopted by his maternal grandfather Roman Emperor Augustus, his name was changed to Gaius Julius Caesar.
Gaius was an obvious successor to Augustus and started his military and civic career when he was very young. His untimely death, during a campaign against Parthia in the east provoked unparalleled national mourning.
The parallels to the official portraiture of the emperor Augustus, especially the idealization and the treatment of the hair, are obvious.
British Museum inv. 1870.7-5.1 (Sculpture 1885)
Marble head of Gaius Caesar, about 2 BC - AD 4
Roman, about 2 BC -AD 4.
From Italy
Gaius Julius Caesar (20 BC – 21 February AD 4) was the eldest son of Julia the Elder (Augustus' daughter) and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (his deputy). He was born between 14 August and 13 September 20 BC or according to other sources in 23 September 20 BC with the name Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa, but when he was adopted by his maternal grandfather Roman Emperor Augustus, his name was changed to Gaius Julius Caesar.
Gaius was an obvious successor to Augustus and started his military and civic career when he was very young. His untimely death, during a campaign against Parthia in the east provoked unparalleled national mourning.
The parallels to the official portraiture of the emperor Augustus, especially the idealization and the treatment of the hair, are obvious.
British Museum inv. 1870.7-5.1 (Sculpture 1885)