Thursday, September 3, 2015

Bronze & Marble

Portrait busts of youths
Bronze
AD 60-70
Getty

Roman portraits in bronze and marble, largely from collections at the Getty in Los Angeles. The marble matron immediately below was a personal favorite of the museum's founder, J. Paul Getty, who bought it from a collection in Rome just before World War II.

Portrait bust of a woman
Marble
AD 130
Getty

Head of a statue of Bacchus
Bronze
before AD 50
Getty

Portrait head of a man
Marble
AD 140-160
Getty

Miniature portrait bust of a woman
Bronze
25 BC - AD 25
Getty

Herm of Menander
Marble
AD 100-150
Getty

Head of a statue
Bronze
2nd-3rd centuries AD
Getty

Portrait bust of a Flavian woman
Marble
1st century AD
Getty

Statuette of a snake-legged Giant
Bronze
AD 180-220
Getty

Herm of Jupiter Ammon
Marble
AD 50-75
Prado