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Summary
| Artist |
Unknown artist |
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| Description |
English: Portrait of Epicurus, founder of the Epicurean school. Roman copy after a lost Hellenistic original.
Français : Portrait d'Épicure, fondateur de l'épicurisme. Copie romaine d'un original hellénistique. |
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| Date | late 3rd century–early 2nd century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | white marble | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 19 in (48.2 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Main floor, Room 22: Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic world |
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| Accession number |
GR 1873.8-20-726 (Cat. Sculpture 1843) |
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| Credit line | Castellani Collection; purchase, 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 18:00, 24 June 2011 | | 2,533 × 3,800 (7.47 MB) | Jastrow | larger resolution, better white balance |
| 10:57, 10 December 2006 |  | 1,850 × 2,800 (3.04 MB) | Jastrow | {{BritishMuseum |Unknown |Portrait of Epicurus, founder of the Epicurean school. Marble, Roman copy after a lost Hellenistic original of the late 3rd–early 2nd century BC. |Unspecified |Unspecified |GR 1873.8-20-726 (Cat. Sculpture 1843) |Main floor, Ro |
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