A Marble Bust of Julius Caesar. Unknown artist. Marble. 26 inches high x 25 inches wide x 16 inches deep. . ...

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A Marble Bust of Julius Caesar

Unknown artist
Marble
26 inches high x 25 inches wide x 16 inches deep

This marble bust of Julius Caesar is after the antique portrait portraying Caesar with the laurel wreath crown. Caesar accepted the laurel wreath instead of the diadem in order not to offend the Roman people, even though he effectively enjoyed a one-man rule.

This portrait bust is of finely carved Carrara marble with Caesar depicted in the lion cloth symbolic of the heroic Hercules.



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