Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Seleucid Prince as a Hero
Alternate Title:
Hellenistic Ruler
Image View:
Detail, genitalia
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Greek)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 1049
Location Note:
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; largo di Villa Peretti, 1, Ground floor, room VIII
GPS:
41.901403 12.498216
Date:
ca. 150-140 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek
Style Period:
Hellenistic
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
237 cm (height)
Description:
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty, which existed from 312 BCE to 63 BCE. Rome’s victories over Carthage, Macedonia and Achaia in the mid-2nd century BCE greatly accelerated the decline of the Hellenistic world, while Egypt and Syria increasingly succumbed to civil war and the petty kingdoms of Asia Minor remained locked in local conflicts. Thereafter the disintegration of the Hellenistic sculptural tradition was inevitable. The statue is generally considered a portrait of a Hellenistic prince, possibly an early portrait of Attalus II, King of Pergamon. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-PM-HPB-A10
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Seleucid Prince as a Hero