The so-called Marius
The bust of the consul - general Gaius Marius (157 - 86 BC); it still bears today the illustrations name that were bestowed upon them long ago, although a convincing identification of the depicted person has not hitherto been made.
The portrait, with its life-like turn of the head and its dramatic facial expression, recalls Hellenistic images.
(from C.H. Beck’s book, Glyptothek, Munich)
Roman marble portrait
End of the 1st cent. BC
Munich, Glyptothek
The so-called Marius
The bust of the consul - general Gaius Marius (157 - 86 BC); it still bears today the illustrations name that were bestowed upon them long ago, although a convincing identification of the depicted person has not hitherto been made.
The portrait, with its life-like turn of the head and its dramatic facial expression, recalls Hellenistic images.
(from C.H. Beck’s book, Glyptothek, Munich)
Roman marble portrait
End of the 1st cent. BC
Munich, Glyptothek