juliuzxd Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi, does anyone know who made this statue of aristotles? http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/monografia/aristoteles/fotos/aristoteles_busto.jpg thankyou very much Juliuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losemygrip Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Why do you think it's Aristotle? It seems to be cropped--would help to see the whole thing. My guess is Italian 16-17th century. But it could even be Roman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condivi Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I have to say this doesn't look remotely 16th-17th century to me. My guess is that it's Roman....we probably don't know who made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auvers-sur-oise Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 That is an outdated research photograph taken from R.W. Livingstone's The Legacy of Greece, published in 1923. It appears there as fig. 7, between pages 176 and 177. The bust was discovered in the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, and Livingstone identifies its figure as Aristotle, and dates it to the 4th century. The bust is now held by the Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli, where it is known as Bust of Democritus, inventory number 5602. MyWorkIsDone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losemygrip Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Well, I did say it could even be Roman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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