File:AlexandreTheGreat Louvre.jpg
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Summary
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Copy of Lysippos |
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| Description |
English: Hermes-type bust (pillar with the top as a sculpted head) of Alexander the Great called Hermes Azara. Bears the inscription: "Alexander [the Great], son of Philip, [king of] Macedonia." Copy of the Imperial Roman Era (1st or 2nd century CE) of a bronze sculpture made by Lysippos. Found in Tivoli, East of Rome, Italy. Pentelic marble, region of Athens.
Français : Pilier hermaïque d'Alexandre le Grand, connu sous le nom d'« Hermès Azara ». Inscription : « Alexandre [le Grand], fils de Philippe, [roi de] Macédonie. » Copie romaine d'époque impériale (Ier-IIe siècle ap. J.-C.) d'une sculpture en bronze de Lysippe. Découvert à Tivoli, près de Rome. Marbre du Péntélique, de la région d'Athènes. |
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| Dimensions | H. 68 cm (26 ¾ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, Sully, ground floor, room 17 |
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| Accession number |
Ma 436 (MR 405) |
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| Credit line | Former collection of José Nicolas de Azara; given to Napoléon Bonaparte; gift of N. Bonaparte to the Louvre, 1803 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | notice sur le site du Louvre | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Eric Gaba (User:Sting), July 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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